potato chips

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument. [1913 Webster]

2.A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece. [1913 Webster]

3.Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets. [1913 Webster]

4.Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously. [1913 Webster]

5.One of the counters used in poker and other games. [1913 Webster]

6.(Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. [1913 Webster]

Buffalo chips. See under Buffalo.

Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape.

Chip bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3.

A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] --Milton.

Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp. [1913 Webster]