“CHANTER, v.a. ? To sing, To sing out.
DONNER la voix. ? To sing out.
[Dictionnaire de la Terminologie et des Locutions de la Marine à Voile et à Vapeur, Fr., Eng., and Russ, Shul'ts, 1853]
Note: With translations in Cyrillic script.


“To Sing out, v.a. (in hoisting heavy weights, to give by the voice the sign for drawing the rope by the workmen)(Mar.) *Aufsingen * Donner la voix.”
[Dictionnaire Technologique, Franke, 1853]


“So farewell, California! The rough singing of the sailors sounded in my ears like the chimes of home!”
[Narrative of a Journey Round the World, Gerstäcker, 1853]