Chant

chant, v.t. to sing: to celebrate in song: to recite in a singing manner: to sell horses fraudulently.— n. song: melody: a kind of sacred music, in which prose is sung.— ns. Chant′er , Chant′or , a singer: a precentor: in a bagpipe, the pipe with finger-holes, on which the melody is played: one who cries up horses; Chant′re ; Chant′ry , an endowment, or chapel, for the chanting of ma es; Chant′y , a sailor's song, usually with a drawling refrain, sung in concert while raising the anchor, . [Fr. chanter —L. cantāre , canĕre , to sing.]