discounting

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They are seated in a circle, droning a song, or rather a refrain, and, in the midst, Shiminya walks up and down discanting.

From John Ames, Native Commissioner A Romance of the Matabele Rising by Mitford, Bertram

It was a gratifying spectacle to see Cooper with old Colonel Trumbull, the historical painter, discanting on Cole's pencil in delineating American forest-scenery—a theme richest in the world for Cooper.

From James Fenimore Cooper by Phillips, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth)

The stranger passed from one thing to another, admiring the panelling and discanting thereon.

From The Heath Hover Mystery by Mitford, Bertram