Definition of Chounter

1. to mutter [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: mutter

Lexicographical Neighbors of Chounter

chosen people
chosenness
choses
choses jugées
choss
chota
chotahazri
chotchke
chott
chotts
chou
chough
choughs
choultries
choultry
chounter (current term)
chounters
chouse
choused
chouser
chousers
chouses
choush
choushes
chousing
chousingha
chousinghas
chout
chouts
choux

Literary usage of Chounter

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Narratives of Early Carolina, 1650-1708 by Alexander Samuel Salley (1911)
"... for that the Governour would give no licence to go thither; heere upon chounter- ounte was by us questioned, when and who it was that had told him so, ..."

2. Hakluytus Posthumus, Or, Purchas His Pilgrimes: Contayning a History of the by Samuel Purchas (1905)
"... and on two sides two faire Tankes in the midst of a faire stone chounter, planted round with Cypresse trees : a little distant is another Mohol, ..."

3. The First Explorations of the Trans-Allegheny Region by the Virginians, 1650 by Clarence Walworth Alvord, Lee Bidgood (1912)
"Within night came chounter- ounte unto our Quarters frowning, and with a countenance noting much discontent, downe he sets, and lookes about him, ..."

4. Early Travels in India, 1583-1619 by William Foster (1921)
"From hence passing thorow a small entrie to the west, you enter another small court, where is another open chounter of stone to sit in, covered with rich ..."

5. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels edited by Robert Kerr (1813)
"On two sides are two other fine tanks, in the midst of a fair stone chounter? planted round with cypress trees ; and at a little distance is another ..."

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