Part 1873

<hw>Chis"leu</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Heb.]</ety> <def>The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December.</def>

<h1>Chisley</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chis"ley</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ceosel</ets> gravel or sand. Cf. <er>Chessom</er>.]</ety> <def>Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil.</def>

<i>Gardner.</i>

<h1>Chit</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chit</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>c\'c6<?/</ets> shoot, sprig, from the same root as <ets>c\'c6nan</ets> to yawn. See <er>Chink</er> a cleft.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; <as>as, the <ex>chits</ex> of Indian corn or of potatoes</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A child or babe; <as>as, a forward <ex>chit</ex></as>; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.</def>

<blockquote>A little <b>chit</b> of a woman. <i>Thackeray.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An excrescence on the body, as a wart.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A small tool used in cleaving laths.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Chit</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chit</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To shoot out; to sprout.</def>

<blockquote>I have known barley <b>chit</b> in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. <i>Mortimer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chit</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chit</hw>, <tt>3d sing.</tt> of <er>Chide</er>. <def>Chideth.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Chitchat</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chit"chat</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Chat</er>, by way of reduplication.]</ety> <def>Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.</def>

<h1>Chitin</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chi"tin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Chiton</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.</def>

<h1>Chitinization</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chi`ti*ni*za"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The process of becoming chitinous.</def>

<h1>Chitinous</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chi"ti*nous</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing, chitin.</def>

<h1>Chiton</h1> <Xpage=250>

<hw>Chi"ton</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ a chiton (in sense 1).]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See <er>Polyplacophora</er>.</def>