Chipping
Pronunciation : Chip"ping
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.
2. The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape.
3. The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913