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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Chip, Chyp, v. [Late ME. chippe, chyppe, in transitive use.] intr. Of seeds or buds: To break open, show signs of growing. 14.. Acts I. 337/2.
That thai [the malt-makers] lat it [the barley] akyrspire and schut out all the pith of it, quhare it aw bot to chip and cum at the tane end 1513 Doug. xii. Prol. 124.
The roys knoppys, tutand furth thar hed, Gan chyp, and kyth thar vermel lippys red 1681 Colvil Whig's Suppl. ii. 3.
When bushes budded, and trees did chip [note, blossom]