chip bird (chipberd)

A popular name of the Spizella social is or domestic a, a small fringilline bird of North America, very common and familiar in most parts of the United States. It is about 6 inches long, has a reddish cap, streaked and plain grayish under parts; builds a neat hair-lined nest in bushes, and lays greenish eggs with dark spots. Also called hair-bird, chipping - bird, chipping - sparrow, and chippy. rough-tuning a piano with a chip. chippy1 (chip'i), a. [ chip1 +-y1.] Abound- Here my chilled veins are warmed by chippy fires. Savage , The Wanderer, i. chippy2 (chip'i), n.; pl.chippies (-iz). [ chip2 + dim dim.-y.] 1. A familiar name of the chip-bird. - 2. A female gamin; a young prostitute. [Slang.] chir (cher), n. [E. Ind.] The Pinus long i folia , a large pine-tree of the northwestern Him a lay as. The wood is not durable; but the tree yields a larger amount of resin than any other of the Him a lay an pines. The chir , or three-leaved Him a lay an pine.