CHICANES

Noun

chicanes

plural of chicane

Verb

chicanes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chicane

Source: Wiktionary

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.]

Definition: 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.

Chi*cane", v. i. Etym: [Cf. F. chicaner. See Chicane, n.]

Definition: To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. Burke.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition