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Chip (v. t.) To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
Chip (v. t.) To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
Chip (v. t.) To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
Chip (v. i.) To break or fly off in small pieces.
Chip (n.) A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
Chip (n.) A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
Chip (n.) Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
Chip (n.) Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.
Chip (n.) One of the counters used in poker and other games.
Chip (n.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
Chipping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Chip
Chipping (n.) A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
Chipping (n.) The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape.
Chipping (n.) The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.