Hypertext Webster Gateway: "chicane"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chicane \Chi*cane"\, n. (Card playing)
In bridge, the holding of a hand without trumps, or the hand
itself. It counts as simple honors.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chicane \Chi*cane"\, v. i. [Cf. F. chicaner. See {Chicane}, n.]
To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. --Burke.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chicane \Chi*cane"\, n. [F., prob. earlier meaning a dispute,
orig. in the game of mall (F. {mail}), fr. LGr. ? the game of
mall, fr Pers chaug[=a]n club or bat; or possibly ultimated
fr. L. ciccus a trible.]
The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention
from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically
applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling;
sophistry. --Prior.
To shuffle from them by chicane. --Burke.
To cut short this chicane, I propound it fairly to your
own conscience. --Berkeley.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
chicane
n : a movable barrier used in motor racing; sometimes place
before a dangerous corner to reduce speed as cars pass in
single file
v 1: defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
[syn: {cheat}, {chouse}, {shaft}, {screw}, {jockey}]
2: raise trivial objections [syn: {cavil}, {carp}]
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