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To chaunt horses

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