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

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  1. n. The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.
  2. n. A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
  3. n. An excrescence on the body, as a wart.
  4. n. A small tool used in cleaving laths.
  5. v. i. To shoot out; to sprout.
  6. 3d sing. Chideth.
  7. n. a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect
  8. n. the bill in a restaurant
  9. To shoot out; to sprout.I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrownforth. Mortimer.
  10. n:100 n. a dismissive term for a girl who is immature or who lacks respect