chipping

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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.
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