chaunt

[ chawnt, chahnt ]

/ tʃɔnt, tʃɑnt /

noun, verb (used with or without object) Obsolete.

Words nearby chaunt

chauffeuse, chaulmoogra, chaulmoogra oil, chaumont, chauncey, chaunt, chausses, chaussier's areola, chausson, chaussure, chautauqua

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Examples from the Web for chaunt

Every other day I visited poor Crimè, whose groans might be heard at night accompanied by the chaunt of some old hag.
At Home with the Patagonians|George Chaworth Musters
So monotonous was the chaunt, that its effect soon became visible in a general drowsiness.
Harold, Complete|Edward Bulwer-Lytton
This was varied by a backwards and forwards movement, the chaunt continuing all the time.
Castes and Tribes of Southern India|Edgar Thurston
The children are taught to read, to chaunt songs taken from the laws, and some kinds of music.
The Geography of Strabo, Volume II (of 3)|Strabo

I wonder whether we could find some old mariner, who could give us a chaunt from Tasso?
A Love Story|A Bushman

British Dictionary definitions for chaunt

chaunt

/ (tʃɔːnt) /

noun, verb

a less common variant of chant

Derived forms of chaunt

chaunter, noun

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