Chat

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vt To talk of.

II. Chat ·noun Small stones with ore.

III. Chat ·noun Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.

IV. Chat ·noun A twig, cone, or little branch. ·see Chit.

V. Chat ·vi To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to Gossip.

VI. Chat ·noun 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 Saxicolidae, as the stonechat, and whinchat.