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4 definitions found 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 1.6 [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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