chittingn.
/ˈtʃɪtɪŋ/ Sprouting, germination; spec. the process of allowing potatoes, etc., to sprout. Also attributive.
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1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) (at cited word) Seed..is said to chit, when it shoots its small Roots first into the Earth.
1911 Encycl. Brit. XVII. 504/1 The first visible sign of germination [of barley] is the sprouting of the rootlet, termed ‘chitting’.
1949 E. Coxhead Wind in West ii. 55 The dozens of chitting-boxes, the potatoes showing..here and there..a fat purple sprout.
1963 Times 4 Feb. 4/6 Losses of seed through frost in chitting sheds.
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