Chinquapin
(Chin"qua*pin) n. (Bot.) A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North
America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written
also chincapin and chinkapin.]
Chinquapin oak,
a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns. —
Western Chinquapin, an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopes chrysophylla) of the Pacific coast. In
California it is a shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.
Chinse
(Chinse) v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Chinsed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chinsing.] (Naut.) To thrust
oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly.
Chinsing iron,
a light calking iron.
Chintz
(Chintz) n.; pl. Chintzes [Hindi chint spotted cotton clooth, chinta spot.] Cotton cloth, printed
with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed. Swift.
Chioppine
(Chiop*pine") n. Same as Chopine, n.
Chip
(Chip) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chipped (chipt); p. pr. & vb. n. Chipping.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off
the edge, to clip, pare. Cf. Chop to cut.]
1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew.
Shak.
2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
To chip in,
to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]
Chip
(Chip), v. i. To break or fly off in small pieces.
Chip
(Chip), n.
1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or
bonnets.
4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; — used contemptuously.
5. One of the counters used in poker and other games.
6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
Buffalo chips.
See under Buffalo. — Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape. — Chip
bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3. — A chip off the old block, a
child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] Milton. — Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin
slices of raw potato fried crisp.
Chipmunk
(Chip"munk`) n. [Indian name.] (Zoöl.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes
called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. The common species of the
United States is the Tamias striatus. [Written also chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk.]
Chipper
(Chip"per) v. i. [Cf. Cheep, Chirp.] To chirp or chirrup. [Prov. Eng.] Forby.