CHICANE  , the pettifogging subterfuge and delay of See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-practitioners, also any deliberate See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to gain unfair See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage by See also:

• PETTY, SIR WILLIAM (1623-1687)

petty tricks . A more See also:

• COMMON

common See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, of the word is " chicanery." " Chicane " is technically used also as a See also:

• TERM

term in the See also:

• GAME

game of See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge for the points a player may See also:

• SCORE (O.E. scor, from sceran, to cut, notch, cf. " shear ")

score if he holds no trumps . The word is See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French, derived either from chaugan, See also:

• PERSIAN
• PERSIAN, SYRIAN, EGYPTIAN AND TURKISH

Persian for the stick used in the game of " See also:

• POLO (Tibetan pulu, ball)
• POLO, GASPAR GIL (?153o-1591)
• POLO, MARCO (c. 1254-1324)

polo," still played on See also:

• FOOT

foot and called chicane in See also:

• LANGUEDOC

Languedoc (the military use of chicaner, to take advantage of slight See also:

• VARIATIONS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS
• VARIATIONS, CALCULUS OF

variations in ground,. suits this derivation), or from See also:

• CHIC (a French word, either a shortened form of chicane, or derived from the Ger. Schick, tact or skill)

chic, meaning little or petty, from the See also:

• SPANISH

Spanish chico, small, which appears in the phrase "chic chic," little by little .