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.

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

Chant"er (ch&adot;nt"&etilde;r), n. [Cf. F. chanteur.] 1. One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope.

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