▪ I. chicaning, vbl. n.
(ʃɪˈkeɪnɪŋ)
[f. chicane v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb chicane; quibbling, cavilling.
| 1775 J. Tucker Letter to Burke 32 An effectual Stop had been put to American Chicaning. 1858 Carlyle Fredk. Gt. II. x. v. 644 The Hof kriegsrath..make no end of chicaning to one's clear answers. |
▪ II. chiˈcaning, ppl. a.
That chicanes; quibbling.
| 1698 Prior in Lett. Eminent Lit. Men (Camden) 266 With chicaning answers. 1706 tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 16th C. II. v. 37 A poor Chicaning Petty Fogger. 1748 Richardson Clarissa (1811) VII. lxxvi. 306 A chicaning law. 1836 Disraeli Lett. Runnymede 79 Your chicaning colleagues. |