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A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
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* 1922 , made by W. C. Firebaugh
A pert young woman.
A sassy (saucy) or forward young person.
The embryonic growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; a seedling.
(obsolete) An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.
(intransitive, British, dialect) To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
* Mortimer
(transitive, British, dialect) To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or to assist germination.
(transitive, British, dialect) To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.
* 2012 , Growing Your Own Fruit and Veg For Dummies, UK Edition,
A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the .
(pharmacology) A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a .
(label) A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
* 2005 , The unofficial, updated Third Edition of the Magic Realm Rules , by Richard Hamblen, Teresa Michelsen and Stephen McKnight
(India, China) A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
* 1901 , , by Joseph Conrad
(US, slang) A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.
* 2007 , New York Times , [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/13/us/politics/13bill.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin]
* 2003 , , The Bone Vault , Scribner, p98:
(US, slang, euphemistic) Alternative to using the vulgarity, shit.
Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect.
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Spurious, artificial.
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*:At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy?; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.
(lb) Of a state in Boolean logic that indicates a negative result.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Not faithful or loyal, as to obligations, allegiance, vows, etc.; untrue; treacherous.
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*(John Milton) (1608-1674)
*:I to myself was false , ere thou to me.
Not well founded; not firm or trustworthy; erroneous.
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*(Edmund Spenser) (c.1552–1599)
*:whose false foundation waves have swept away
Not essential or permanent, as parts of a structure which are temporary or supplemental.
(lb) Out of tune.
As a noun chit
is great-great-great-grandchild.As an adjective false is
(label) one of two states of a boolean variable; logic.chit
English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) . See also (l).Noun
(en noun)- a little chit of a woman
- "These are returns," I said, "quite fit / To me, who nursed you when a chit . / For shame, lay by this envious art; / Is this to act a sister's part?"
Etymology 2
From (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes
Verb
- I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth.
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- Gardeners argue among themselves about how necessary chitting is, but I do chit my seed potatoes.
Etymology 3
From chitty from (etyl) .Noun
(en noun)- 1.4.3 Also on the board, but turned face down at the beginning of the game, are chits' representing treasure sites and sounds and warnings of monsters that may arrive on the map. When characters end a turn in the hex, these '''chits''' are revealed. As characters move around the board, more and more of these ' chits will be revealed, letting the players know where monsters and treasures are to be found.
- He just longed to get away from here and try his luck somewhere else, but for the sake of his sister he hung on and on till he ran himself into debt over his ears—I can tell you. I, myself, could show a handful of his chits for meals and drinks in my drawer.
- And he is cashing in chits for her that Mr. Gore, post-impeachment, never asked him to do.
- Harry would call in a chit with some desk manager who owed him a favor.
Etymology 3
Etymology 4
Euphemistic variation ofNoun
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Adjective
(er)A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society, section=Part 1, publisher=Clarendon Press, location=Oxford, editor= , volume=1, page=217 , passage=Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.}}