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Chicane \Chi*cane"\, v. i. [Cf. F. chicaner. See {Chicane}, n.]
To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. --Burke.
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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.]
1. 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.
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To shuffle from them by chicane. --Burke.
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To cut short this chicane, I propound it fairly to
your own conscience. --Berkeley.
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2. (Card playing) In bridge, the holding of a hand without
trumps, or the hand itself. It counts as simple honors.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]