chits
/tʃɪts/
Dictionary
noun
- A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
- A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.
noun
- The embryonic growing bud of a plant
"the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes"
- An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
verb
- To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
- To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
- To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
noun
- A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
- A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system; scrip.
- A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
- A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
- A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
- A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
noun
- A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.
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