1. To reduce irregular stone blocks to an approximate size by chipping with a hammer.

2. To break off thin chips from, and parallel to, the surface of a material, such as a metal or rock.

1. A fragment removed from the surface of a rock by weathering.

2. A relatively thin, sharp-edged fragment produced by exfoliation.

3. A rock fragment produced by chipping with a hammer.

To break ore.

A fragment torn from the surface of an armor plate.