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English Dictionary: a chip off the old block by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Chip \Chip\, n.
      1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by
            an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.
  
      2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.
  
      3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited
            in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.
  
      4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used
            contemptuously.
  
      5. One of the counters used in poker and other games.
  
      6. (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.
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