Chapter Changeability to Chapelry of C by Webster's Dictionary (1913 Edition)

2. To celebrate in song.

The poets chant in the theaters.
Bramhall.

3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.

Chant
(Chant), v. i.

1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. "Chant to the sound of the viol." Amos vi. 5.

2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.

To chant (or chaunt)horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter. Thackeray.

Chant
(Chant), n.[F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr. canere to sing. See Chant, v. t.]

1. Song; melody.

2. (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.

3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.

4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.]

His strange face, his strange chant.
Macaulay.

Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian. Chant royal[F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. — each of these six parts ending with a common refrain. — Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian.

Chantant
(||Chan`tant") a. [F. singing.] (Mus.) Composed in a melodious and singing style.

Chanter
(Chant"er) n. [Cf. F. chanteur.]

1. One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope.

2. The chief singer of the chantry. J. Gregory.

3. The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe.

4. (Zoöl.) The hedge sparrow.

Chanterelle
(||Chan`te*relle") n. [F.] (Bot.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.

Chanticleer
(Chan"ti*cleer) n. [F. Chanteclair, name of the cock in the Roman du Renart (Reynard the Fox); chanter to chant + clair clear. See Chant, and Clear.] A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in crowing.

Chanting
(Chant"ing) n. Singing, esp. as a chant is sung.

Chanting falcon (Zoöl.), an African falcon The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating.

Chantor
(Chant"or) n. A chanter.