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To utter with a melodious voice; to sing. The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. Spenser.

Composed in a melodious and singing style.

One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope.

A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.

A sailor's song.

A cock, so called from the clearness or loundness of his voice in crowing.

Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. Chanting falcon (Zoöl.), an African falcon (Melierax canorus or musicus). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating.

A chanter.

A female chanter or singer. Milton.

An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.

An articular surface on the ilium of birds against which the great trochanter of the femur plays.

A priest of Bacchus.

A priestess of Bacchus.

Bacchanalian.

A basic sulphate of copper, occurring in emerald-green crystals.

Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast. Couchant and levant (Law), rising up and lying down; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and…

Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.

To free from enchantment; to deliver from the power of charms or spells; to free from fascination or delusion. Haste to thy work; a noble stroke or two Ends all the charms, and disenchants the grove. Dryden.

One who, or that which, disenchants.

The act of disenchanting, or state of being disenchanted. Shelton.