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Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry. Irritated by perpetual chicanery. Hallam.

A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. "Chink of bell." Cowper.

To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.

To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.

e principles of the Christian religion. Sufferings . . . patiently and Christianly borne. Sharp.

uish between the essentials in religious worship . . . and what is merely circumstantial. Sharp.

To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click. We heard Mr.Hodson's whip clacking on the ahoulders of the poor little wretches. Thackeray.

An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. Kane.

A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. Dryden.

A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink. But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank. Byron.

To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings. Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvell.

A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo. She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face. Tennyson.

To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick. The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. Goldsmith.

To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together. And let me the canakin clink. Shak.

A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing. -- Clip"per-built` (, a.

traneous matter. In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog. S. Sharp.

rthy to be styled religious persons but those that cloister themselves up in a monastery. Sharp.

A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper.

A commendation; eulogy. [R.] "Commendatories to our affection." Sharp.