Chit

{ Chit, Chit"ty (?) }, n. [Hind. chiṭṭī.] 1. A short letter or note; a written message or memorandum; a certificate given to a servant; a pass, or the like.

2. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club. [India, China, etc.]

Chit, v. i. To shoot out; to sprout.

I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth.
Mortimer.

Chit (chĭt), n. [Cf. AS. cīð shoot, sprig, from the same root as cīnan to yawn. See Chink a cleft.] 1. The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.

2. A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

A little chit of a woman.
Thackeray.

3. An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.]

4. A small tool used in cleaving laths. Knight.

Chit, 3d sing. of Chide. Chideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.