CHIP

To cut small pieces from; to diminsh or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. Shak.

To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.

To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. To chip in, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]

To break or fly off in small pieces.

A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.

A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.

Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.

One of the counters used in poker and other games.

The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. Buffalo chips. See under Buffalo. -- Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape. -- Chip bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3. -- A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] Milton.- Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp.