The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.
A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal. A little chit of a woman. Thackeray.
An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.]
A small tool used in cleaving laths. Knight.
To shoot out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. Mortimer.
Chideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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