Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chipping"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chip \Chip\ (ch[i^]p), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Chipped} (ch[i^]pt);
p. pr. & vb. n. {Chipping}.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off the
edge, to clip, pare. Cf. {Chop} to cut.]
1. To cut small pieces from; to diminish or reduce to shape,
by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. --Shak.
2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an
eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.
3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker.
{To chip in}, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the
risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chipping \Chip"ping\, n.
1. A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving
instrument; a fragment.
2. The act or process of cutting or breaking off small
pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a
timber or block of stone to shape.
3. The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's
ware, porcelain, etc.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chipping
n : the act of chipping something [syn: {chip}, {splintering}]
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