choppy2 (chop i)

[ tion of Chinese kih, quick, + E. stick. In Chinese these sticks are called kwai - tsze, sticks of wood or ivory cils, but generally resembling longer and slightly tapering, used by the Chinese, Japanese, and Coreans in eating, instead of knives and forks. They are used in pairs, held between the thumb and the first and sec ond fingers. Called has hi by the Japanese. IMG:content-0352.jpg:[graphic] Chop-sticks. The meal concluded with an enormous lacquer box of rice, from which all our bowls were filled, the rice being thence conveyed to our mouths by means of chop - sticks . Lady Bra ey , Voyage of Sunbeam, II. xix.