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Definition[1]

chidda : [nt.] a hole; a fissure; fault; defect. (adj.), having fissures; perforated; faulty.

Source
A.P. Buddhadatta Mahathera, Concise Pali-English and English-Pali Dictionary [available as digital version from Metta Net, Sri Lanka]
Definition[2]

Chidda [cp. Ohg. scetar. For suffix ˚ra, cp. rudhira, etc. Vedic chid+ra. Cp. Sk. chidra] 1. (adj.) having rents or fissures, perforated S iv.316; J i.419; (fig.) faulty, defective, Vin i.290. -- 2. (nt.) a cutting, slit, hole, aperture, S i.43; J i.170 (eka˚), 172, 419, 503; ii.244, 261; (kaṇṇa˚); Vism 171, 172 (bhitti˚), 174 (tāḷa˚); SnA 248 (akkhi˚); DhA iii.42; VvA 100 (bhitti˚); PvA 180 (kaṇṇa˚), 253 (read chidde for chinde); fig. a fault, defect, flaw Dh 229 (acchidda -- vutti faultless conduct) Miln 94.
   -- âvachidda full of breaches and holes J iii.491; Vism 252; DhA i.122, 284 (cp. ˚vichidda); iii.151. -- kārin inconsistent A ii.187; -- vichidda=˚âvachidda J i.419; v.163 (sarīraŋ chiddavichiddaŋ karoti to perforate a body).

Source
Pali-English Dictionary, TW Rhys Davids, William Stede,
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