单词 | chitting |
释义 | chitting, vbl. n.|ˈtʃɪtɪŋ| [f. chit v.1] Sprouting, germination; spec. the process of allowing potatoes, etc., to sprout. Also attrib.
1727[see chit v.1 1]. 1911Encycl. Brit. XVII. 504/1 The first visible sign of germination [of barley] is the sprouting of the rootlet, termed ‘chitting’. 1949E. Coxhead Wind in West ii. 55 The dozens of chitting-boxes, the potatoes showing..here and there..a fat purple sprout. 1963Times 4 Feb. 4/6 Losses of seed through frost in chitting sheds. |

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