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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chit \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.] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chit \Chit\, v. i. To shoot out to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. --Mortimer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Chit \Chit\, 3d sing. of {Chide}. Chideth [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: chit n : the bill in a restaurant; "he asked the waiter for the check" [syn: {check}, {tab}]
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