4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; — used contemptuously.
5. One of the counters used in poker and other games.
6. (Naut.)
Defn: 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.
CHIPMUNK
Chip"munk`, n. Etym: [Indian name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus. [Written also chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk.]
CHIPPENDALE
Chip"pen*dale, a.
Defn: Designating furniture designed, or like that designed, by Thomas Chippendale, an English cabinetmaker of the 18th century. Chippendale furniture was generally of simple but graceful outline with delicately carved rococo ornamentation, sculptured either in the solid wood or, in the cheaper specimens, separately and glued on. In the more elaborate pieces three types are recognized: French Chippendale, having much detail, like Louis Quatorze and Louis Quinze; Chinese Chippendale, marked by latticework and pagodalike pediments; and Gothic Chippendale, attempting to adapt medieval details. The forms, as of the cabriole and chairbacks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the back toward the top widened and bent backward, except in Chinese Chippendale, in which the backs are usually rectangular. — Chip"pen*dal*ism (#), n.
It must be clearly and unmistakably understood, then, that, whenever painted (that is to say, decorated with painted enrichment) or inlaid furniture is described as Chippendale, no matter where or by whom, it is a million chances to one that the description is incorrect. R. D. Benn.
CHIPPER
Chip"per, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Cheep, Chirp.]