Chit

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

(·3d·pers. ·sg) Chideth.

II. Chit ·noun A small tool used in cleaving laths.

III. Chit ·noun An excrescence on the body, as a wart.

IV. Chit ·vi To shoot out; to Sprout.

V. Chit ·add. ·noun ·Alt. of Chitty.

VI. Chit ·noun A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

VII. Chit ·noun The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.