%chant%

n.; pl. E. Bacchants, L. Bacchantes. [ L. bacchans, -antis, p. pr. of bacchari to celebrate the festival of Bacchus. ] 1. A priest of Bacchus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A bacchanal; a reveler. Croly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bacchanalian; fond of drunken revelry; wine-loving; reveling; carousing. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; L. pl. Bacchantes. 1. A priestess of Bacchus. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A female bacchanal. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bacchanalian. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ From Brochant de Villiers, a French mineralogist. ] (Min.) A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chanting. ] [ F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere to sing. Cf. Cant affected speaking, and see Hen. ] 1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. [ 1913 Webster ]

The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To celebrate in song. [ 1913 Webster ]

The poets chant in the theaters. Bramhall. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. 1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. “Chant to the sound of the viol.” Amos vi. 5. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant. [ 1913 Webster ]

To chant horses or
To chaunt horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr. canere to sing. See Chant, v. t. ] 1. Song; melody. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [ R. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

His strange face, his strange chant. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian.
Chant royal [ F. ], in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common refrain. --
Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F. singing. ] (Mus.) Composed in a melodious and singing style. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. chanteur. ] 1. One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The chief singer of the chantry. J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Zool.) The hedge sparrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] (Bot.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. chanter to sing, and Chant. n. ] A sailor's song. [ 1913 Webster ]

May we lift a deep-sea chantey such as seamen use at sea? Kipling. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. Chanteclair, name of the cock in the Roman du Renart (Reynard the Fox); chanter to chant + clair clear. See Chant, and Clear. ] A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. [ 1913 Webster ]

Chanting falcon (Zool.), an African falcon (Melierax canorus or musicus). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chanter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. chanteresse. ] A female chanter or singer. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Chantries [ OF. chanterie, fr. chanter to sing. ] 1. An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A chapel or altar so endowed. Cowell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F., p. pr. of coucher. See Couch, v. t. ] 1. Lying down with head erect; squatting. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Her.) Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast. [ 1913 Webster ]

Couchant and levant (Law), rising up and lying down; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at the least. Blackstone. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Disenchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Disenchanting. ] [ Pref. dis- + enchant: cf. F. désenchanter. ] 1. To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells. [ 1913 Webster ]

Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two
Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. to free (a person) from fascination or delusion; to destroy the false hopes or overoptimistic expectations of (a person); to disillusion; -- used with people or events as the agent (subject); as, the candidate was disenchanted by the low turnout at the rally. [ PJC ]

n. One who, or that which, disenchants. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. freeing from illusion, credulity, overoptimism, or false belief.
Syn. -- disillusioning. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Pref. dis- + enchantment: cf. F. désenchantement. ] The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Enchanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Enchanting. ] [ F. enchanter, L. incantare to chant or utter a magic formula over or against one, to bewitch; in in, against + cantare to sing. See Chant, and cf. Incantation. ] 1. To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. [ 1913 Webster ]

And now about the caldron sing,
Like elves and fairies in a ring,
Enchanting all that you put in. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

He is enchanted, cannot speak. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To delight in a high degree; to charm; to enrapture; as, music enchants the ear. [ 1913 Webster ]

Arcadia was the charmed circle where all his spirits forever should be enchanted. Sir P. Sidney.

Syn. -- To charm; bewitch; fascinate. Cf. Charm. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. enchanteur. ] One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. [ 1913 Webster ]

Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. Shelley. [ 1913 Webster ]

Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. -- En*chant"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. [ F. enchantement. ] 1. The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. [ 1913 Webster ]

After the last enchantment you did here. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The effect produced by the act; the state of being enchanted; as, to break an enchantment. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. That which captivates the heart and senses; an influence or power which fascinates or highly delights. [ 1913 Webster ]

Such an enchantment as there is in words. South.

Syn. -- Incantation; necromancy; magic; sorcery; witchcraft; spell; charm; fascination; witchery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. enchanteresse. ] A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Enchant. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Between the trochanters of the femur. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + trenchant. ] Not to be gashed or marked with furrows. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

As easy mayest thou the intrenchant air
With thy keen sword impress, as make me bleed. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. The type genus of Marchantiaceae; liverworts that reproduce asexually by gemmae and have stalked antheridiophores.
Syn. -- genus Marchantia. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of liverworts with prostrate and usually dichotomously branched thalli.
Syn. -- family Marchantiaceae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. An oder of liverworts with gametophyte differentiated internally.
Syn. -- order Marchantiales. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. To be a merchant; to trade. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. marchant, OF. marcheant, F. marchand, fr. LL. mercatans, -antis, p. pr. of mercatare to negotiate, L. mercari to traffic, fr. merx, mercis, wares. See Market, Merit, and cf. Commerce. ] 1. One who traffics on a large scale, especially with foreign countries; a trafficker; a trader. [ 1913 Webster ]

Others, like merchants, venture trade abroad. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trading vessel; a merchantman. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who keeps a store or shop for the sale of goods; a shopkeeper. [ U. S. & Scot. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of, pertaining to, or employed in, trade or merchandise; as, the merchant service. [ 1913 Webster ]

Merchant bar,
Merchant iron or
Merchant steel, certain common sizes of wrought iron and steel bars. --
Merchant service or Merchant marine, the mercantile marine of a country. Am. Cyc. --
Merchant ship, a ship employed in commerce. --
Merchant tailor, a tailor who keeps and sells materials for the garments which he makes. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Merchantlike; suitable to the character or business of a merchant. [ Obs. ] Gauden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Merchantmen [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A merchant. [ Obs. ] Matt. xiii. 45. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A trading vessel; a ship employed in the transportation of goods, as, distinguished from a man-of-war. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The ships owned by nationals of a particular country that are engaged in civilian commerce; also, the personnel operating those vessels. Distinguished from the navy, which contains the vessels of war. [ PJC ]

n. 1. The body of merchants taken collectively; as, the merchantry of a country. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The business of a merchant; merchandise. Walpole. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. pencher to bend, fr. (assumed) LL. pendicare, L. pendere. See Pendant. ] Inclination; decided taste; bias; as, a penchant for art. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. (Card Playing) A game like bézique, or, in the game, any queen and jack of different suits held together. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. ] A bird tied by the foot, to serve as decoy to other birds by its fluttering. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Eccl.) An underchanter; a precentor's deputy in a cathedral; a succentor. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OF. trenchant, F. tranchant, p. pr. See Trench, v. t. ] 1. Fitted to trench or cut; gutting; sharp. “ Trenchant was the blade.” Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.: Keen; biting; severe; as, trenchant wit. [ 1913 Webster ]