Chit \Chit\, Chitty \Chit"ty\, n. [Hind. chi[.t][.t][=i].]

1. A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like.

2. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. [India, China, etc.]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Chit \Chit\, v. i. To shoot out; to sprout.

I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. --Mortimer.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Chit \Chit\, 3d sing. of Chide. Chideth. [Obs.]

--Chaucer.

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Chit \Chit\ (ch[i^]t), n. [Cf. AS. c[=i][eth] shoot, sprig, from the same root as c[=i]nan to yawn. See Chink a cleft.]

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

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. An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.]

4. A small tool used in cleaving laths. --Knight.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)