Chipped
[tʃɪpt]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Chip
Editor: Paula
Examples
- Who is not familiar with the chipped flint arrow-heads that the farmer so often turns up with his plow as a relic of the period when Americans were red-skinned instead of white? Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Stones apparently chipped for use have been found in strata of Oligocene Age at Boncelles in Belgium. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Alongside the rudest and earliest chipped stone implements have been found the hollow clay dish for holding fire, or food, or water. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- He never liked to see me mend pens; my knife was always dull-edged--my hand, too, was unskilful; I hacked and chipped. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
Editor: Paula