Chaunt

and v. Same as CHANT, q. v. Chaunt'er, n. A cant term for one who disposes of a spurious article; as, a horse-chaunter. Icel. kenpa , or kaupi , to buy, to trade; Ger. kaufen , to buy; O. Ger. kaufjian , to trade, to buy; Goth. kaupon , to buy, to do busine ; allied to Lat. capere ; Gr. ka pelion. Scot. coup , and Eng. chop .] To buy or bargain for advantageously; to attempt to buy; to ask the price of a commodity; to buy at a low price; to chaffer for. "Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy." - Swift . -To beat down, depreciate, or lower in price; to haggle. "I find my proffer'd love has cheapen'd me." - Dryden. Cheap'ener, n. One who cheapens; a bargainer; a Cheap'ly, adv . At a small price; at a low rate. "So great a day as this cheaply bought." -Shaks. Chauny, (shō-nee',) a town of France, dep. Aisne, on the Oise, 18 m. W. of Laon. Cider is made here in large haggler. quantities. Pop . 8,979. Chau ee, (shos-sai',) n. [Fr.) A causeway; as, the Chau ée d'Antin, a street in Paris, formerly raised above the adjacent ground. Chau ey, (shos-sa',) a group of rocky islands in the English Channel, 8 m. from Granville, on the French coast. Extensive blocks of granite are imported thence to Paris. Chautauqua, in New York , the most western county of the State; area , abt. 1,000 sq. m. Lake Erie forms the N.W. boundary, and Pennsylvania the S. and W. It is drained by Conewango Creek, with its branches, and by other small streams. The surface is diversified, the Chautauqua Mountains pa ing through fertile valleys. The soil is especially rich along the lake-shore and streams. Cap . Mayville. Pop . (1890) 75,200. -A township of above county, on Chautauqua lake, noted for its Chautauqua A embly ( q . v.) and summer school of literature, .; a very popular resort of recent years. Chautauqua Lake, in New York , a beautiful sheet of water in the central part of Chautauqua co., 18 m. long, and abt. 4 m. wide. It is 1290 feet above the sеа, and is said to be the most elevated body of water upon the American continent navigated by steamers; being 726 feet above Lake Erie, and only 6 m. therefrom. Three steamers ply between Maysville and James town during the season of navigation. Chautauqua Valley, in New York, a post-office of Alleghany co.