to chant horses

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to chant horses - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Chant \Chant\, v. i.
     1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. "Chant to the
        sound of the viol." --Amos vi. 5.
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     2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant.
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     To chant horses or To chaunt horses, to sing their
        praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See
        Chaunter. --Thackeray.
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