chit

1. A child or babe; a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.
2. A pert or sassy young person, especially a young woman.

1. The embryonic growing bud of a plant

   the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes

2. An excrescence on the body, as a wart or a pimple.

1. To sprout; to shoot, as a seed or plant.
2. To damage the outer layers of a seed such as Lupinus or Sophora to assist germination.
3. To initiate sprouting of tubers, such as potatoes, by placing them in special environment, before planting into the soil.

1. A small sheet or scrap of paper with a hand-written note as a reminder or personal message.
2. A voucher or token coin used in payrolls under the truck system; scrip.
3. A small sheet of paper on which is written a prescription to be filled; a scrip.
4. A smaller cardboard counter generally used not to directly represent something but for another, more transient, purpose such as tracking or randomization.
5. A signed voucher or memorandum of a small debt, as for food and drinks at a club.
6. A debt or favor owed in return for a prior loan or favor granted, especially a political favor.

noun

A small tool used in cleaving laths. Compare: froe.

noun

Shit.

interjection

Shit.