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Webster 1913 Edition
Chipping
Chip′ping
,Noun.
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.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chipping
CHIPPING
,Noun.
1.
A chip; a piece cut off or separated by a cutting or engraving instrument; a fragment.2.
The flying or breaking off in small pieces, of the edges of potters ware, and porcelain.