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chip small thin piece of wood, stone, etc. XIV. repr. OE. ċipp, ċyp beam, corr. to OS. kip post, kipa stave, OHG. kipfa (G. dial. kipf(e)) axle, stave, ON. keppr stick, staff. The basic sense seems to be ‘piece hewn or cut’.
So chip vb. †chap XIV; pare the crust from (bread) XV; crack and break open XVI; cut with an axe or adze; cf. OE. *ċippian = (M)LG., (M)Du. kippen hatch out by chipping the shell.

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