Chit

Part of speech: noun (n.)

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.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Chideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To shoot out; to sprout. I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. Mortimer.