Middle English Dictionary Entry
chippen v.
Entry Info
| Forms | chippen v. |
| Etymology | Cp. OE for-cippian cut off. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
Note: Cp. chippe n.
1.
(a) To cut or trim (sth.); cut up, chop; (b) of stone: to chip.
Associated quotations
a
- c1450 Burg.Practica (Rwl D.251)253/7 : Take pouder of encence..and harre-ere ychyppyd small.
- 1790(1471-1472) Ordin.Househ.Edw.IV(2) (Topham)72 : To chippe bredde, but not too nye the crumme.
- 1483 Cath.Angl.(Monson 168)64 : To Chippe: dolare.
b
- (1425) Paston2.19 : Whether the stoon may be sawed..Whether it wille chippe or chynne or affraye with frost.
2.
(a) To jab or poke (at sth.); (b) ?to cut off or stop (the flow of water).
Associated quotations
a
- a1500 Wast bryngyth (Cmb Ff.2.38)p.178 : In wordys men weren neuer so wyce As now to chyppe at wordys of resone..bere good mouþe ys gloserys pris.
b
- ?a1500 Inf.Chr.(Hrl 2399)180 : Jhesu bade þe water..Anone he made hyt stonde..'Dame, y make dryuyngys toe To chyppe þe water.'
Supplemental Materials (draft)
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.100ra (3.12) : Whiche sekenesse is causede þorogh scharphede and exces of vnkynde hete in the lendes and þerabouten, dissoluand & wastand þe substance of hem, & clippend and chippand awaie þe smale partis of hem.
- ?c1400(1379) Daniel *Treat.Uroscopy (Roy 17.D.1)f.100vb (3.13) : Þan risen scuddes and royns of the body and of þe vesie, and violence of the hete chippeþ hem of, and þai fallen awaie and so passen forth wiþ þe vryn.
Note: ?New sense, or ?modify sense 1.(b). Editor's gloss: 'chips, breaks away in small pieces'.