Which preposition to use with chipping

of Occurrences 50%

One never tires of this bright chip of nature,this brave little voice crying in the wilderness,of observing his many works and ways, and listening to his curious language.

in Occurrences 30%

The prompter, who was standing between the wings, attempted to prompt me, but it did no good; for while I was on the stage I "chipped in" anything I thought of.

on Occurrences 22%

I've got my hull stack o' chips on this yere half-mile dash.

from Occurrences 21%

See Max Miller's "Chips from a German Workshop.

off Occurrences 18%

" I had sat with my mouth open while the president talked, and never said a word, but when he quit I said: "Yes, but suppose when you got your bear skun, another bear should come after you and dare you to knock a chip off his shoulder, and growl, and walk sideways with his bristles all up, would you run, or would you stand your ground?" "We better change the subject," said the president, and rose from the table, and we all got up.

of Occurrences 10%

And as Heywood dodged back through the gate, and Nesbit's rifle answered from his little fort on the pony-shed, the distant crack of the muskets joined with a spattering of ooze and a chipping of stone on the river-stairs.

at Occurrences 9%

" Gaunt did not speak,fumbled among the chips at the fire.

for Occurrences 9%

" "Keep the poker-chip for pin-money.

with Occurrences 5%

I'm telling you flat, y' understand, that so long as we gotta take root here instead of going to Arizona like we'd planned it outso long's yo're gonna renig on the play like I say, the best thing we can do is string our chips with Jack Harpe's.

to Occurrences 5%

The juice and grated rind of 2 lemons to every dozen of oranges, added with the pulp and chips to the syrup, are a very great improvement to this marmalade.

into Occurrences 4%

Take away the pips from the juice and pulp, and put it with the honey and chips into a preserving-pan; boil all together for about 1/2 hour, or until the marmalade is of the proper consistency; put it into pots, and, when cold, cover down with bladders.

out Occurrences 3%

The woman probably threw the chips out of the window.

to Occurrences 1%

This will allow the plant pot to be filled with crocks, pebbles, or stone chippings to the height of five inches, or about an inch higher than the level of the water in the saucer, above which may be placed eight inches in depth of soil and one inch on the top of that, pebbles or small broken brick.

between Occurrences 1%

Place the cans in a boiler, on the bottom of which has been placed some straw or a rack; also take care not to let the cans come in contact with each other, by wrapping each in a cloth or by placing a chip between them.

like Occurrences 1%

Another minute and Mr. Cardinal followed, giving a sharp chip like a loud Sparrow call.

near Occurrences 1%

He saw a fat, aproned cook hastily gathering up some chips near a chopping block.

than Occurrences 1%

After horse-radish has borne seed once or twice, its root becomes hard, brown on the outside, not juicy when it is scraped, and eats more like little chips than like a garden vegetable; so that, at taverns and eating-houses, there frequently seems to be a rivalship on the point of toughness between the horse-radish and the beef-steak; and it would be well if this inconvenient rivalship never discovered itself any where else.

toward Occurrences 1%

Oliver pushed the chips toward him.

under Occurrences 1%

He put chips under it, blocks of various sorts, bits of pasteboard, and at last went so far as to attempt an exquisite adjustment by final pieces of folded blotting paper.

without Occurrences 1%

Another and less obvious compulsionthat of circumstancespeaks in shall, as sometimes used with good effect: In Germany you shall not turn over a chip without uncovering a philosopher.

from Occurrences 1%

The paint was chipping from the doors and window ledges.

as Occurrences 1%

"When we came to Supper," he said in his journal of 1748, "there was neither a Cloth upon ye Table nor a Knife to eat with but as good luck would have it we had Knives of our own," and again he wrote, "we pull'd out our Knapsack in order to Recruit ourselves every one was his own Cook our Spits was Forked Sticks our Plates was a Large Chip as for Dishes we had none."

Which preposition to use with  chipping