Chat \Chat\, n.
1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore.
Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine.
[Local.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Chat \Chat\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n.
Chatting.]
[From Chatter. [root]22.]
To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without
form or ceremony; to gossip. --Shak.
To chat a while on their adventures. --Dryden.
Syn: To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Chat \Chat\, n.
1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With
singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. --Pope.
2. (Zo["o]l.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the
warblers, in America. The best known species are the
yellow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long-tailed
chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to
several birds of the family Saxicolid[ae], as the
stonechat, and whinchat.
Bush chat. (Zo["o]l.) See under Bush.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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