[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.
