Hypertext Webster Gateway: "horses"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chant \Chant\, v. i.
1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. ``Chant to the
sound of the viol.'' --Amos vi. 5.
2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.
{To chant (or chaunt)} {horses}, to sing their praise; to
overpraise; to cheat in selling. See {Chaunter}.
--Thackeray.
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