chip | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Chip
·vi To break or fly off in small pieces. II. Chip ·vt To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
chip
1) A child. A chip of the old block; a child who either in person or sentiments resembles its father...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
chip
"A chip of the old block," a child who either in person or sentiments resembles his father.--Grose. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Log-chip
·noun A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached to the log line; —...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
brother-chip
A fellow-carpenter; in a more general sense, a person of the same trade. ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
chip, to
To trim a gun when first taken from the mould or castings. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book