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Chaun, v. t. & i. To open; to
yawn. [Obs.]

O, chaun thy breast.

Marston.

Chaunt (?), n. & v. See
Chant.

Chaunt"er (?), n.
1. A street seller of ballads and other
broadsides. [Slang, Eng.]

2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse
jockey. [Colloq.]

He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg
now.

Dickens.

3. The flute of a bagpipe. See
Chanter, n., 3.

Chaunt"er*ie (?), n. See
Chantry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

||Cha"us (?), n.
(Zoöl.) a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa
(Lynx Lybicus).

||Chausses (?), n. pl. [F.]
The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below the
waist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to
the armor for the same parts, when fixible, as of chain
mail.

||Chaus`sure" (?), n. [F.] A
foot covering of any kind.


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