chat

Chat \Chat\, n.
   1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.
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   2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore.
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   Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine.
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Chit Chat potatoes 

Chat \Chat\ (ch[a^]t), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Chatting.] [From Chatter. [root]22.]
   To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without
   form or ceremony; to gossip. --Shak.
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         To chat a while on their adventures.     --Dryden.

   Syn: To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.
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Chatted Chatting Chatter 

Chat \Chat\, v. t.
   To talk of. [Obs.]
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Chat \Chat\, n.
   1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.
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            Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat,
            With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that.
                                                  --Pope.
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   2. (Zool.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the
      warblers, in America. The best known species are the
      yellow-breasted chat (Icteria viridis), and the
      long-tailed chat (Icteria longicauda). In Europe the
      name is given to several birds of the family
      Saxicolid[ae], as the stonechat, and whinchat.
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   Bush chat. (Zool.) See under Bush.
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Icteria Icteria viridis Icteria longicauda Saxicolid[ae] stonechat whinchat 
Bush chat Bush