Chicane
Pronunciation : Chi*cane"
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [F., prob. earlier meaning a dispute, orig. in the game of mall (F. mail), fr. LGr. chaugan club or bat; or possibly ultimated fr. L. ciccus a trible.]
Definition : Defn: 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, I propound it fairly to your own canscience. Berkeley.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Chi*cane"
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Cf. F. chicaner. See Chicane, n.]
Definition : Defn: To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. Burke.
i.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913