chip

1) A child. A chip of the old block; a child who either in person or sentiments resembles its father or mother.

2) A brother chip; a person of the same trade or calling.

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
"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.
chip
to break or crack ; an egg is said to chip when the young bird cracks the shell. N. ...

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