Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†CHITTY, adj. Applied to the face: small, pinched, childish. Also chit (Sc. 1816 Scott O. Mortality x.). Obs. except n.dial. in Eng.Sc. 1822 Scott F. Nigel xviii.:
She contented herself with asking her untimely visitor, “what she made so early with her pale, chitty face, in the streets of London?”
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