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▪ I. chanting, vbl. n.|ˈtʃɑːntɪŋ, ˈtʃæ-|
[f. chant v. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb chant; singing, musical recitation, etc. (In early usage, also: Incantation, enchantment.)
1382Wyclif Isa. viii. 19 That sounen strongli in their chauntingus [1388 enchauntyngis; Vulg. incantationibus]. c1440Promp. Parv. 71 Chawntynge, discantus, cantus organicus. 1581Savile Tacitus' Hist. i. xxxvi. (1591) 21 Different chantings of dull flattery. 1706A. Bedford Temple Mus. iii. 66 The Plain Chanting of our Cathedral Service. 1880Grove Dict. Mus. I. 338 The arrangement of the words in chanting.
▪ II. ˈchanting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That chants.
1720Gay Poems (1745) II. 174 The chaunting thrush upon the spray. 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) II. 60 The chaunting falcon. During the breeding season the male of this species is remarkable for its song. 1838Emerson Lit. Ethics Wks. (Bohn) II. 210 These chanting poets.
2. Having the character of musical recitation.
1789Mrs. Piozzi Journ. France I. 79 The chanting tone in which he spoke. 1847J. Wilson Chr. North (1857) I. 169 In a low chanting voice.
Add:3. Special collocations: chanting falcon = *chanting goshawk below.
[1799F. Levaillant Hist. Nat. Oiseaux d'Afrique I. 117 (heading) Le Faucon chanteur.] 1802Bingley Anim. Biog. (1813) II. 60 The chaunting falcon. During the breeding season the male of this species is remarkable for its song. 1874R. B. Sharpe Catal. Birds. Brit. Mus. I. 87 Melierax canorus... Chanting Falcon.
chanting goshawk, either of two African hawks, Melierax metabates and M. canorus (M. poliopterus), having a distinctive and melodious chanting call.
1903A. C. Stark Birds S. Afr. III. 362 The *Chanting Goshawk is essentially an inhabitant of the western and dryer half of South Africa. 1964C. Willock Enormous Zoo iii. 47 He almost certainly did not know a pale chanting goshawk from a pallid harrier. 1985Perrins & Middleton Encycl. Birds 110/1 (caption) Gray chanting goshawk (Melierax poliopterus) calling on top of a termite mound.
† chanting hawk = *chanting goshawk above (obs.).
1868Ibis IV. 145 *Chanting Hawk. 1903Westm. Gaz. 28 Mar. 10/1 (heading) Chanting-hawks at the Zoo. |