Chamade

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chamade \Cha*made\, n. [F. chamade, fr. Pg. chamada, fr. chamar
     to call, fr. L. clamare.] (Mil.)
     A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
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           They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche.


                                                    --Addison.
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