Chiococca (kiokoka)

[NL., prop. * Chio nococca (a translation of E. snowberry, q. v.), Gr. χιών, snow (see chimera ), + κόκκος, a berry; in allusion to the white color of the berries.] A genus of tropical plants, natural order Rubia ceæ, consisting of small, often climbing shrubs, small pieces (not in AS.) (= D. kippen, pick out, hatch, MD. strike, knock, cut (> G. kippen, clip money), = MLG. kippen, hatch out, = OSw. kippa, chop), derived with reg. vowel-change from chop1; but the forms and senses are partly mixed with those of other verbs: see chop1 and chip1, n.] I. trans. 1. To cut into small pieces or chips; diminish or disfigure by cutting away a little at a time or in small pieces; hack away. See chipping. Chyppe the breed at ones, for our gestes be come. Quoted in Babees Book (E. E. T. S.), ii. 71. There are two doors, and to each a single chipped and battered marble step. G. W. Cable , Old Creole Days, p. 3. 2. In poker , faro , and other games at cards, to bet; lay a wager: as, to chip five dollars (that is, to stake chips representing five dollars). II. in trans. 1. To break or fly off in small pieces, as the glazing in pottery.-2. In poker , to bet a chip: as, I chip .-31. To carp; gibe; sneer. In wordys men weren never so wyce As now, to chyppe at wordys of res on. MS . Cantab . Ff . ii . 36, fol. 33. ( Hall i well .) To chip in, to put in chips, as into the pool in gambling; hence, to contribute; supply one's share or part: as, they all chipped in to buy it. [Slang.]