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The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.

Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.

The process of becoming chitinous.

Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing, chitin.

An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.

e frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings. [Obs.] Gascoigne.

The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food.

The axis deer of India.

Full of chits or sprouts.

Good against the rickets.

A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.

Used in building; proper for building. Derham.

The science of architecture.

Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive. "Architectonic wisdom." Boyle. These architectonic functions which we had hitherto thought belonged. J. C. Shairp.

The science of architecture.

An architect. [Obs.] North.

A female architect.

Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture. -- Ar`chi*tec"tur*al*ly, adv.