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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

Chipping

/chĭp'-ĭng/ · Chip·ping · IPA /ˈt͡ʃɪpɪŋ/
01 n. A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
  1. 1.
    A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
  2. 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. 3.
    The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.