The Collaborative International Dictionary
Chip \Chip\, n.
A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.
One of the counters used in poker and other games.
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(Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line.
Buffalo chips. See under Buffalo.
Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape.
Chip bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3.
A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.]
--Milton.Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp.
Usage examples of "chip hat".
His face was dark and wizened like an old walnut and topped by a battered chip hat.
A lavender chip hat, tied under her chin with long yellow ribands, was placed over a small white satin cap beneath, and she carried a long-handled parasol, and a silk reticule.