Chit, v. i. To shoot out; to sprout.
I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth.
Mortimer.
Chit, 3d sing. of Chide. Chideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Chit"chat (?), n. [From Chat, by way of reduplication.] Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.
Chi"tin (?), n. [See Chiton.] (Chem.) A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.
Chi`ti*ni*za"tion (?), n. The process of becoming chitinous.
Chi"ti*nous (?), a. Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing, chitin.
||Chi"ton (?), n. [Gr. &?; a chiton (in sense 1).] 1. An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.
2. (Zo÷l.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.
Chit"ter (?), v. i. [Cf. Chatter.] 1. To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.