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Webster 1913 Edition

Chippy

Chip′py

,

Adj.

Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless.

Chip′py

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

A small American sparrow (

Spizella socialis

), very common near dwelling; – also called

chipping bird

and

chipping sparrow

, from its simple note.