CHICANE

chicane|chicanery. Chicane, or Chicanery, [ch as k] n. sophistry, cunning

---

Chi‐cane″ (?), n. [[F., prob. earlier meaning a dispute, orig. in the game of mall (F. mail), fr. LGr. � the game of mall, fr Pers chaugān club or bat; or possibly ultimated fr. L. ciccus a trible.]] 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 chicane, I propound it fairly to your own conscience. Berkeley.