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What's The Definition Of Chit?

\Chit\ (ch[i^]t), n. [Cf. AS. c[=i][eth] shoot, sprig, from the same root as c[=i]nan to yawn. See {Chink} a cleft.] 1. The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes. 2. A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A little chit of a woman. --Thackeray. 3. An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.] 4. A small tool used in cleaving laths. --Knight.
\Chit\, v. i. To shoot out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. --Mortimer.
\Chit\, 3d sing. of {Chide}. Chideth. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
\Chit\, Chitty \Chit"ty\, n. [Hind. chi[.t][.t][=i].] 1. A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like. 2. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. [India, China, etc.]