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Definition of Chitty
1. a. Full of chits or sprouts.
Definition of Chitty
1. Noun. a small note, such as a pass or voucher slip; a chit. ¹
2. Adjective. full of chits or sprouts ¹
3. Adjective. childish; like a baby ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Chitty
1. a chit [n -TIES] - See also: chit
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chitty
Literary usage of Chitty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of national biography by Leslie Stephen, Sidney Lee (1901)
"chitty practised from the first exclusively in the court of chancery, in which
his success was both speedy and sustained. On taking silk he confined himself ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: During by Great Britain Court of Chancery, Edward Thurlow Thurlow, Alexander Wedderburn Rosslyn, Jonathan Cogswell Perkins (1844)
"chitty. [1797, JUNE 28, 30; AUGUST 15, 16.] DOWER barred by settlement previous
to marriage, but during the infancy of the wife, of stock and leasehold ..."
3. A Summary of the Law of Bills of Exchange, Cash Bills, and Promissory Notes by John Bayley, William English Barnes (1813)
"chitty, Str. 1195. chitty, the drawee of a Bill, wrote apon it, by way of
acceptance, “Messrs. Caswell and Mount pay this 1111 when due for Thomas chitty ..."
4. Publications by Surrey Parish Register Society (1904)
"Martha d. of Will' chitty and Sara his wife. Margreat d. of John Myles Jane ...
John s. of Jane chitty and of the people. Sara d. of Andrew Bayly Julion his ..."
5. Cases on Procedure, Annotated: Common Law Pleading by Edson Read Sunderland (1914)
"i3 JOSEPH chitty: What is termed the commencement of the declaration follows the
... JOSEPH chitty: The declaration in personal and mixed actions should ..."
6. A Treatise on Franchises: Especially Those of Public Service Corporations by Joseph Asbury Joyce (1909)
"This definition is one of those quoted by Kent,2 and has not only been adopted
and followed substantially by Blackstone,3 chitty,4 and Cruise,5 but it has ..."
7. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1861)
"Dat make him kiss too much, him slobber Massa chitty too much. ... Charm for him
pillow, make him 'top at home and dream an' tink all time 'bout chitty, ..."
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