CHICANE Chi*cane", n. Etym: [F., prob. earlier meaning a dispute, orig. in the game of mall (F. mail), fr. LGr. chaugan club or bat; or possibly ultimated fr. L. ciccus a trible.]
Defn: 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. To shuffle from them by chicane. Burke. To cut short this, I propound it fairly to your own canscience. Berkeley.
CHICANE
Chi*cane", v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. chicaner. See Chicane, n.]
Defn: To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. Burke.
CHICANER
Chi*can"er, n. Etym: [Cf. F. chicaneur.]
Defn: One who uses chicanery. Locke.
CHICANERY
Chi*can"er*y, n. Etym: [F. chicanerie.]
Defn: Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry. Irritated by perpetual chicanery. Hallam.
Syn.
— Trickery; sophistry; stratagem.
CHICCORY
Chic"co*ry, n.