CHIT

chit. Chit, v.i. to sprout; n. a baby, child, sprout

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Chit (chĭt), n. [[Cf. AS. cīð shoot, sprig, from the same root as cīnan to yawn. See Chink a cleft.]] 1. 1. The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.
2. 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. 3. An excrescence on the body, as a wart.
4. 4. A small tool used in cleaving laths. Knight.