chaun

English

Noun

chaun (plural chauns)

1. (obsolete) A gap.

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Verb

chaun (third-person singular simple present chauns, present participle chauning, simple past and past participle chauned)

1. (obsolete) To open; to yawn.
   • Marston

     O, chaun thy breast.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “chaun”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• nucha

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan) tgaun
• (Sutsilvan) tgàn
• (Surmiran) tgang
• (Vallader) chan

Etymology

From Latin canis, canem.

Noun

chaun m (plural chauns)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter) (male) dog

Coordinate terms

• (sex):
  • (Rumantsch Grischun) chogna
  • (Puter) chagna