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Chamberlain

CHAMBERLAIN,

CHAMBERLAIN, noun

1. An officer charged with the direction and management of a chamber, or of chambers. The Lord chamberlain of Great Britain is the sixth officer of the crown. To him belong livery and lodging in the kings court; on coronation day he brings to the king his apparel, his sword, scabbard, etc. He dresses and undresses the king on that day, and waits on him before and after dinner. To him also belongs the care of providing all things in the house of lords, in time of parliament. Under him are the gentleman usher of the black rod, and other officers. The Lord chamberlain of the household has the oversight of all officers belonging to the kings chambers, except the precinct of the bed-chamber, of the wardrobe, physicians, chaplains, barbers, etc., and administers the oath to all officers above stairs.

The chamberlains of the exchequer, of London, of Chester, of North Wales, etc., are receivers of rents and revenues.

2. A servant who has the care of the chambers in an inn or hotel.

Chamberlainship

CHAMBERLAINSHIP,

CHAMBERLAINSHIP, noun The office of a chamberlain.

Chambrel

CHAMBREL, noun The joint or bending of the upper part of a horses hind leg. In New England pronounced gambrel, which see.

Chameleon

CHAMELEON, noun An animal of the genus Lacerta, or lizard, with a naked body, a tail and four feet. The body is six or seven inches long, and the tail five inches; with this it clings to the branches of trees. The skin is cold to the touch, and contains small grains or eminences, of a bluish gray color, in the shade, but in the light of the sun, all parts of the body become of a grayish brown, or tawny color. It is a native of Africa and Asia.

Chameleonize

CHAMELEONIZE, verb transitive To change into various colors.

CHAFER, verb transitive

1. To channel; to cut a furrow, as in a column, or to cut into a sloping form.

2. To wrinkle.

Chamfer

CHAMFER,

CHAMFERED, participle passive Cut into furrows, or cut sloping.

Chamfered

CHAMFERED, pp. Cut into furrows, or cut sloping.

Chamfering

CHAMFERING, participle present tense Cutting a gutter in; cutting in a slope.

Chamfret

CHAMFRET, noun A small gutter or furrow cut in wood or other hard material; a slope.

Chamite

CHAMITE, noun Fossil remains of the Chama, shell.

Chamlet

CHAMLET, [See Camlet.]

Chamois

CHAMOIS, noun An animal of the goat kind, whose skin is made into soft leather, called shammy. It is now arranged with the Antelopes.

Chamomile

CHAMOMILE, [See Camomile.]

Champ

CHAMP, verb transitive

1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth; as, a horse champs the bit.

2. To bite into small pieces; to chew; to masticate; to devour.

CHAMP, verb intransitive To chew; to perform the action of biting by repeated motion of the teeth; as, to champ upon the bit.

Champagne

CHAMPAGNE,

CHAMPAIGN,

CHAMPAIN, noun A flat open country.

CHAMPAIN, noun In heraldry, champain or point champain, is a mark of dishonor in the coat of arms of him who has killed a prisoner of war after he has asked for quarter.

Champaign

CHAMPAIGN,

Champain

CHAMPAIN, n. A flat open country.

Champane

CHAMPANE, noun A kind of brisk sparkling wine, from Champagne in France.

Champed

CHAMPED, participle passive Bitten; chewed.

Champer

CHAMPER, noun One that champs or bits.

Champertor

CHAMPERTOR, noun [See Champerty.] In law, one who is guilty of champerty, which see.

Champerty

CHAMPERTY, noun A species of maintenance, being a bargain with a plaintiff or defendant, to divide the land or other matter in suit, between them, if they prevail; whereupon the champertor is to carry on the partys suit at his own expense. The purchase of a suit, or of the right of suing.

Champignon

CHAMPIGNON, noun A kind of mushroom.

Champing

CHAMPING, participle passive Biting with repeated action.

Champion

CHAMPION, noun

1. A man who undertakes a combat in the place or cause of another.

2. A man who fights in his own cause in a duel.

3. A hero; a brave warrior. Hence, one who is bold in contest; as a champion for the truth.

CHAMPION, verb transitive To challenge to a combat.

Championess

CHAMPIONESS, noun A female champion.

Chan-Cre

CHAN-CRE, noun A venereal ulcer.

Chan-Crous

CHAN-CROUS, adjective Ulcerous; having the qualities of a chancer.

Chance

CHANCE, noun

1. An event that happens, falls out or takes place, without being contrived, intended, expected or foreseen; the effect of an unknown cause, or the unusual or unexpected effect of a known cause; accident; casualty; fortuitous event; as, time and chance happen to all.

By chance a priest came down that way. Luke 10:31.

2. Fortune; what fortune may bring; as, they must take their chance

3. An event, good or evil; success or misfortune; luck.

4. Possibility of an occurrence; opportunity.

You ladyship may have a chance to escape this address.

CHANCE, verb intransitive To happen; to fall out; to come or arrive without design, or expectation.

If a bird's nest chance to be before thee. Deuteronomy 22:6.

Ah Casca, tell us what hath chanced to day.

CHANCE, adjective Happening by chance; casual; as a chance comer.

Chance-Comer

CHANCE-COMER, noun One who comes unexpectedly.

Chance-Medley

CHANCE-MEDLEY, noun In law, the killing of a person by chance, when the killer is doing a lawful act; for if he is doing an unlawful act, it is felony. As if a man, when throwing bricks from a house into a street where people are continually passing, after giving warning to passengers to take care, should kill a person, this is chance-medley But if he gives no warning, and kills a man, it is manslaughter.

Chanceable

CHANCEABLE, adjective Accidental; casual; fortuitous.

Chanceful

CHANCEFUL, adjective Hazardous.

Chancel

CHANCEL, noun That part of the choir of a church, between the altar or communion table and the balustrade or railing that incloses it, or that part where the altar is placed; formerly inclosed with lattices or cross bars, as now with rails.

Chancellor

CHANCELLOR, noun Ordinally, a chief notary or scribe, under the Roman Emperors; but in England, in later times, an officer invested with judicial powers, and particularly with the superintendence of all charters, letters and other official writings of the crown, that required to be solemnly authenticated. Hence this officer became the keeper of the great seal. From the Roman Empire, this office passed to the church, and hence every bishop has his chancellor

The Lord High chancellor of Great Britain, or Keeper of the Great Seal, is the highest officer of the crown. He is a privy counselor by his office, and prolocutor of the house of lords by prescription. To him belongs the appointment of all justices of the peace; he is keeper of the kings conscience, visitor of all hospitals and colleges founded by the king, guardian of all charitable uses, and judge of the high court of chancery.

CHANCELLOR of an Ecclesiastical Court, is the bishops lawyer, versed in the civil and canon law, to direct the bishop in causes of the church, civil and criminal.

CHANCELLOR of a Cathedral, is an officer who hears lessons and lectures in the church, by himself or his vicar, inspects schools, hears causes, applies the seal, writes and dispatches letter of the chapter, keeps the books, etc.

CHANCELLOR of the Exchequer, is an officer who presides in that court, and takes care of the interest of the crown. He has power, with the lord treasurer, to lease the crown lands, and with others, to compound for forfeitures on penal statutes. He has a great authority in managing the royal revenues, and in matters relating to the first fruits.

CHANCELLOR of a University, is an officer who seals the diplomas, or letters of degree, etc. The chancellor of Oxford is usually one of the prime nobility, elected by the students in convocation, and he holds the office for life. He is the chief magistrate in the government of the university. The chancellor of Cambridge is also elected from among the prime nobility; he does not hold his office for life, but may be elected every three years.

CHANCELLOR of the Order of the Garter, and other military orders, is an officer who seals the commissions and mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights, keeps the register of their proceedings, and delivers their acts under the seal of their order.

In France, a secretary is, in some cases, called a chancellor

In the United States, a chancellor is the judge o a court of chancery or equity, established by statute.

In scripture, a mater of the decrees, or president of the council. Ezra 4:8.

Chancellorship

CHANCELLORSHIP, noun The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.

Chancery

CHANCERY, noun

1. In Great Britain, the highest court of justice, next to the parliament, consisting of two distinct tribunals; one ordinary, being a court of common law; the other extraordinary, or a court of equity. The ordinary legal court holds pleas of recognizance acknowledged in the chancery writs of scire facias, for repeal of letters patent, writs of partition, and all personal action by or against any officer of the court. But if the parties come to issue, in fact, this court cannot try it by a jury; but the record must be delivered to the kings bench. Rom this court issue all original writs that pass under the great seal, commissions of charitable uses, bankruptcy, idiocy, lunacy, etc.

The extraordinary court, or court of equity, proceeds upon rules of equity and conscience, moderates the rigor of the common law, and gives relief in cases where there is no remedy in the common law courts.

2. In the United States, a court of equity.

Chandelier

CHANDELIER, noun

1. A Frame with branches to hold a number of candles, to illuminate a public or large room.

2. In fortification, a movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers.

Chandler

CHANDLER, noun An artisan whose trade is to make candles, or one who sells candles.

In America, I believe the word never signifies a seller of candles, unless he is the maker. A corn-chandler is a seller of corn, but I believe not used in the United States.

Chandlerly

CHANDLERLY, adjective Like a chandler.

Chandlery

CHANDLERY, noun The place where candles are kept.

Change

CHANGE, verb transitive

1. To cause to turn or pass from one state to another; to alter, or make different; to vary in external form, or in essence; as, to change the color or shape of a thing; to change the countenance; to change the heart or life.

2. To put one thing in the place of another; to shift; as, to change the clothes

Be clean and change your garments. Genesis 35:2.

3. To quit one thing or state for another; followed by for; as, persons educated in a particular religion do not readily change it for another.

4. To give and take reciprocally; as, will you change conditions with me?

5. To barter; to exchange goods; as, to change a coach for a chariot.

6. To quit, as one place for another; as, to change lodgings.

7. To give one kind of money for another; to alter the form or kind of money, by receiving the value in a different kind, as to change bank notes for silver; or to give pieces of a larger denomination for an equivalent in pieces of smaller denomination, as to change an eagle for dollars, or a sovereign for sixpences, or to change a dollar into cents; or on the other hand, to change dollars for or into eagles, giving money of smaller denomination for larger.

8. To become acid or tainted; to turn from a natural state of sweetness and purity; as, the wine is changed; thunder and lightning are said to change milk.

To change a horse, or to change hand, is to turn or bear the horses head from one hand to the other, from the left to the right, or from the right to the left.

CHANGE, verb intransitive

1. To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better, often for the worse.

I am Jehovah; I change not. Malachi 3:6.

2. To pass the sun, as the moon in its orbit; as, the moon will change the 14th of this month.

CHANGE, noun

1. Any variation or alteration in form, state, quality, or essence; or a passing from one state or form to another; as a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.

2. A succession of one thing in the place of another; vicissitude; as a change of seasons; a change of objects on a journey; a change of scenes.

3. A revolution; as a change of government.

4. A passing by the sun, and the beginning of a new monthly revolution; as a change of the moon.

5. A different state by removal; novelty; variety.

Our fathers did, for change to France repair.

6. Alteration in the order of ringing bells; variety of sounds.

Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing.

7. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.

Thirty changes of raiment. Judges 14:12.

8. Small coins of money, which may be given for larger pieces.

9. The balance of money paid beyond the price of goods purchased.

I give the clerk a bank note for his cloth, and he gave me the change

10. The dissolution of the body; death.

All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job 14:14.

11. change for exchange, a place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions.

12. In arithmetic, permutation; variation of numbers. Thirteen numbers admit of 6, 227, 020, 800 changes, or different positions.

Changeability

CHANGEABILITY, noun Changeableness, which is generally used.

Changeable

CHANGEABLE, adjective

1. That may change; subject to alteration; fickle; inconstant; mutable; variable; as a person of a changeable mind.

2. Having the quality of suffering alteration of external appearance; as changeable silk.

Changeableness

CHANGEABLENESS, noun

1. The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; instability; mutability.

2. Susceptibility of change, or alteration.

Changeably

CHANGEABLY, adverb Inconstantly.

Changed

CHANGED, participle passive Altered; varied; turned; converted; shifted.

Changeful

CHANGEFUL, adjective Full of change; inconstant; mutable; fickle; uncertain; subject to alteration.

Changeless

CHANGELESS, adjective Constant; not admitting alteration.

Changeling

CHANGELING, noun

1. A child left or taken in the place of another.

2. An idiot; a fool.

3. One apt to change; a waverer.

4. Any thing changed and put in the place of another.

Changer

CHANGER, noun

1. One who alters the form of any thing.

2. One that is employed in changing and discounting money; a money-changer.

3. One given to change.

Changing

CHANGING, participle present tense Altering; turning; putting one thing for another; shifting.

Channa

CHANNA, noun A fish taken in the Mediterranean, resembling the sea-perch.

Channel

CHANNEL, noun

1. In a general sense, a passage; a place of passing or flowing; particularly, a water course.

2. The place where a river flows, including the whole breadth of the river. But more appropriately, the deeper part or hollow in which the principal current flows.

3. The deeper part of a strait, bay, or harbor, where the principal current flows, either of tide or fresh water, or which is the most convenient for the track of a ship.

4. That through which any thing passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.

5. A gutter or furrow in a column.

6. An arm of the sea; a straight or narrow sea, between two continents, or between a continent and an isle; as the British or Irish channel

7. Channels of a ship. [See Chain-wales.]

CHANNEL, verb transitive To form a channel; to cut channels in; to groove; as, to channel a field or a column.

Channeled

CHANNELED, participle passive Having channels; grooved longitudinally.

Channeling

CHANNELING, participle present tense Cutting channels; grooving longitudinally.

Chanson

CHANSON, noun A song.

Chant

CHANT, verb transitive

1. To sing; to utter a melodious voice; that is, to cant or throw the voice in modulations.

The cheerful birds do chant sweet music.

2. To celebrate in song; as, to chant the praises of Jehovah.

3. To sing, as in church-service; to repeat words in a kind of canting voice, with modulations.

CHANT, verb intransitive

1. To sing; to make melody with the voice.

They chant to the sound of the viol. Amos 6:5.

2. To repeat words in the church-service with a kind of singing.

CHANT, noun Song; melody; church-service.

Chanted

CHANTED, participle passive Sung; uttered with modulations of voice.

Chanter

CHANTER, noun

1. One who chants; a singer or songster.

2. The chief singer, or priest of the chantry.

3. The pipe which sounds the tenor or treble in a bagpipe.

Chanticleer

CHANTICLEER, noun A cock, so called from the clearness or loudness of his voice in cowing.

Chanting

CHANTING, participle present tense Singing; uttering a melodious voice; repeating words with a singing voice.

CHANTING, noun The act of singing, or uttering with a song.

Chantress

CHANTRESS, noun A female singer.

Chantry

CHANTRY, noun A church or chapel endowed with lands, or other revenue, for the maintenance of one or more priests daily to sing or say mass for the souls of the donors, or such as they appoint.

Chaos

CHAOS, noun

1. That confusion, or confused mass, in which matter is supposed to have existed, before it was separated into its different kinds and reduced to order, by the creating power of God. Rudis, indigestaque moles.

2. Any mixed mass, without due form or order; as a chaos of materials.

3. Confusion; disorder; a state in which the parts are undistinguished.

Chaotic

CHAOTIC, adjective Resembling chaos; confused; as, the earth was originally in a chaotic state.

Chap

CHAP, verb transitive To cleave, split, crack, or open longitudinally, as the surface of the earth, or the skin and flesh of the hand. Dry weather chaps the earth; cold dry winds chap the hands.

CHAP, verb intransitive To crack; to open in long slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap

CHAP, noun A longitudinal cleft, gap or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the hands or feet.

CHAP, noun The upper and lower part of the mouth; the jaw. It is applied to beasts, and vulgarly to men; generally in the plural, the chaps or mouth.

CHAP, verb intransitive To cheapen.

Chap-Fallen

CHAP-FALLEN, adjective [chap and fall.] Having the lower chap depressed; hence, dejected; dispirited; silenced.

Chapbook

CHAPBOOK, noun [See Chapman and Cheap.] a small book or pamphlet, carried about for sale by hawker.

Chape

CHAPE, noun

1. The catch of any thing, as the hook of a scabbard, or the catch of a buckle, by which it is held to the back strap.

2. A brass or silver tip or case, that strengthens the end of a scabbard.

Chapeau

CHAPEAU, noun A hat; in heraldry, a cap or bonnet.

Chapel

CHAPEL, noun

1. A house for public worship; primarily, a private oratory, or house of worship belonging to a private person. In Great Britain there are several sorts of chapels; as parochial chapels, distinct from the mother church; chapels which adjoin to and are a part of the church; such were formerly built by honorable persons for burying places; chapels of ease, built in large parishes for the accommodation of the inhabitants; free chapels, which were founded by the kings of England; chapels in the universities, belonging to particular colleges; domestic chapels, built by noblemen or gentlemen for the use of their families.

2. A printers workhouse; said to be so called because printing was first carried on in a chapel

CHAPEL, verb transitive To deposit in a chapel

Chapeless

CHAPELESS, adjective Without a chape.

Chapelet

CHAPELET,

CHAPELLANY, noun A place founded within some church and dependent thereon.

Chapellany

CHAPELLANY, n. A place founded within some church and dependent thereon.

Chapelling

CHAPELLING, noun The act of turning a ship round in a light breeze of wind, when close hauled, so that she will lie the same way as before.

Chapelry

CHAPELRY, noun The bounds or jurisdiction of a chapel.

Chaperon

CHAPERON, noun A hood or cap worn by the knights of the garter in their habits. It was anciently worn by men, women, nobles and populace; afterwards appropriated to doctors and licentiates in colleges. The name then passed to certain devices placed on the foreheads of horses which drew the herse in pompous funerals.

Chapiter

CHAPITER, noun

1. The upper part or capital of a column or pillar; a word used in the scriptures. [See Capital.]

2. That which is delivered by the mouth of the justice in his charge to the inquest.

Chaplain

CHAPLAIN, noun

1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs service in a chapel. The king of Great Britain has forty-eight chaplains, who attend, four each month, to perform divine service for the royal family. Princes also, and persons of quality have chaplains, who officiate in their chapels.

2. A clergyman who belongs to a ship of war, or to a regiment of land forces, for performing divine service.

3. A clergyman who is retained to perform divine service in a family.

CHAPLAINs of the Pope, are auditors or judges of causes in the sacred palace.

Chaplaincy

CHAPLAINCY, noun The office or station of a chaplain.

Chaplainship

CHAPLAINSHIP, noun

1. The office or business of a chaplain.

2. The possession, or revenue of a chapel.

Chapless

CHAPLESS, noun

1. A garland or wreath to be worn on the head; the circle of a crown.

2. A string of beads used by the Roman Catholics, by which they count the number of their prayers. They are made sometimes of coral, of wood, of diamonds, etc., and are called parternosters. The invention is ascribed to Peter the hermit, who probably learnt it in the East, as the Orientals use a kind of chaplet, called a chain, rehearsing one of the perfections of God on each link, or head. The Great Mogul is said to have eighteen of these chains, all precious tones. The Turks also use a kind of chaplet in reciting their prayers.

3. In architecture, a little molding, carved into round beads, pearls, olives or the like.

4. In horsemanship, a chapelet, which see.

5. A tuft of feathers on a peacocks head.

6. A small chapel or shrine.

Chaplet

CHAPLET, noun A pair of stirrup leathers, with stirrups, joined at the top in a sort of leather buckle, by which they are made fast to the pommel of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the length and bearing of the rider.

Chapman

CHAPMAN, noun

1. A cheapener; one that offers as a purchaser.

Their chapmen they betray.

2. A seller; a market-man.

Chapped

CHAPPED, participle passive Cleft; opened, as the surface or skin.

Chapping

CHAPPING, participle present tense Cleaving, as the surface or skin.

Chappy

CHAPPY, adjective Full of chaps; cleft.

Chaps

CHAPS, the mouth or jaws. [See Chap.]

Chapter

CHAPTER, noun

1. A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis contains fifty chapters. Hence the phrase, to the end of the chapter that is, throughout; to the end.

2. In ecclesiastical polity, a society or community of clergymen, belonging to a cathedral or collegiate church.

3. A place where delinquents receive discipline and correction.

4. A decretal epistle.

CHAPTER, verb transitive To tax; to correct.

Chapter-House

CHAPTER-HOUSE, noun A house where a chapter meets.

Chaptrel

CHAPTREL, noun The capitals of pillars and pilasters, which support arches, commonly called imposts.

Char

CHAR, noun A fish.

CHAR, noun In England, work done by the day; a single job, or task. In New England, it is pronounced chore, which see. I know not the origin of the word.

CHAR, verb transitive To perform a business.

CHAR, verb intransitive To work at others houses by the day, without being a hired servant; to do small jobs.

Char-Woman

CHAR-WOMAN, noun A woman hired for odd work, or for single days.

[Char-man and char-woman are, I believe, not used in America.]

CHAR, verb transitive

1. To burn or reduce to coal or carbon; to reduce to charcoal, by expelling all volatile matter from wood. This is done by burning wood slowly under a covering of turf and earth.

2. To expel all volatile matter from stone or earth, by heat.

The stone or earth charred from all foreign visible ingredients.

Charact

CHARACT, noun An inscription.

[See Character]

Character

CHARACTER, noun 1. A mark made by cutting or engraving, as on stone, metal or other hard material; hence, a mark or figure made with a pen or style, on paper, or other material used to contain writing; a letter, or figure used to form words, and communicate ideas. Characters are literal, as the letters of an alphabet; numeral, as the arithmetical figures; emblematical or symbolical, which express things or ideas; and abbreviations, as C. For centrum, a hundred; lb. For libra, a pound; adjective D. Anno domini; etc.

2. A mark or figure made by stamping or impression, as on coins.

3. The manner of writing; the peculiar from of letters used by a particular person.

You know the character to be your brothers

4. The peculiar qualities, impressed by nature or habit on a person, which distinguish him from others; these constitute real character, and the qualities which he is supposed to possess, constitute his estimated character, or reputation. Hence we say, a character is not formed, when the person has not acquired stable and distinctive qualities.

5. An account, description or representation of any thing, exhibiting its qualities and the circumstances attending it; as, to give a bad character o a town, or to a road.

6. A person; as, the assembly consisted of various characters, eminent characters, and low characters.

All the characters in the play appeared to advantage.

The friendship of distinguished characters.

7. By way of eminence, distinguished or good qualities; those which are esteemed and respected; and those which are ascribed to a person in common estimation. We enquire whether a stranger is a man of character.

8. Adventitious qualities impressed by office, or station; the qualities that, in public estimation, belong to a person in a particular station; as when we ask how a magistrate, or commander supports his character.

9. In natural history, the peculiar discriminating qualities or properties of animals, plants and minerals.

These properties, when employed for the purpose of discriminating minerals, are called characters.

CHARACTER, verb transitive

1. To engrave; to inscribe.

2. A particular aspect or configuration of the heavens.

Characteristic

CHARACTERISTIC,

CHARACTERISTICAL, adjective That constitutes the character; that marks the peculiar, distinctive qualities of a person or thing.

Generosity is often a characteristic virtue of a brave man.

It is followed by of.

Generosity is characteristic of true bravery.

CHARACTERISTIC, noun

1. That which constitutes a character; that which characterizes; that which distinguishes a person or thing from another.

Invention is the characteristic of Homer.

2. In grammar, the principal letter of a word, which is preserved in most of its tenses, in its derivatives and compounds.

The characteristic of a logarithm, is its index or exponent.

The characteristic triangle of a curve, in geometry, is a rectilinear right-angled triangle, whose hypotenuse makes a part of the curve, not sensibly different from a right line.

Characteristical

CHARACTERISTICAL, a. That constitutes the character; that marks the peculiar, distinctive qualities of a person or thing. Generosity is often a characteristic virtue of a brave man.It is followed by of.Generosity is characteristic of true bravery.

Characteristically

CHARACTERISTICALLY, adverb The state or qualities of being characteristic.

Characterize

CHARACTERIZE, verb transitive

1. To give a character, or an account of the personal qualities of a man; to describe by peculiar qualities.

2. To distinguish; to mark, or express the character; to exhibit the peculiar qualities of a person or thing; as, humility characterizes the true Christian; the hero is characterized by bravery and magnanimity.

The system of mediation has characterized the entire scheme of divine dispensation.

3. To engrave or imprint.

4. To mark with a peculiar stamp, or figure.

Characterized

CHARACTERIZED, participle passive Described or distinguished by peculiar qualities.

Characterizing

CHARACTERIZING, participle present tense Describing or distinguishing by peculiar qualities.

Characterless

CHARACTERLESS, adjective Destitute of any peculiar character.

Charactery

CHARACTERY, noun Impression; mark; distinction.

Charade

CHARADE, noun A composition, in which the subject must be a word of two syllables, each forming a distinct word; and these syllables are to be concealed in an enigmatical description, first separately and then together. Example. My first, when a Frenchman in learning English, serves him to swear by. My second is either hay or corn. My whole is the delight of the age.

Charcoal

CHARCOAL, noun Coal made by charring wood; the remains of wood burnt under turf, and from which all watery and other volatile matter has been expelled by heat. It makes a strong heat, and is used in furnaces, forges, private families, etc. It is black, brittle, light and in odorous, and not being decomposable by water or air, will endure for ages without alteration.

Chard

CHARD noun The leaves of artichokes tied and wrapped all over, except the top, in straw, during autumn and winter. This makes them grow white and lose some of their bitterness.

CHARDs of beet are plants of white beet transplanted, producing great tops, which, in the midst, have a large, white, thick, downy, cotton-like main shoot, which is the true chard

Charect

CHARECT, noun An inscription.

[See Character]

Charge

CHARGE, verb transitive

1. To rush on; to fall on; to attack, especially with fixed bayonets; as, an army charges the enemy.

2. To load, as a musket or cannon; to thrust in powder, or powder and ball or shot.

3. To lead or burden; to throw on or impose that which oppresses; as, to charge the stomach with indigestible food; or to lay on, or to fill, without oppressing; as, to charge the memory with rules and precepts; to charge the mid with facts.

4. To set or lay on; to impose, as a tax; as, the land is charged with a quit rent; a rent is charge on the land.

5. To lay on or impose, as a task.

The gospel chargeth us with piety towards God.

6. To put or lay on; as, to charge a building with ornaments, often implying superfluity.

7. To lay on, as a duty; followed by with.

The commander charged the officer with the execution of the project. See Genesis 40:4

8. To entrust to; as, an officer is charged with dispatches.

9. To set to, as a dept; to place on the debit side of an account; as, to charge a man with the price of goods sold to him.

10. To load or lay on in words, something wrong, reproachful or criminal; to impute to; as, to charge a man with theft.

11. To lay on in words; to impute to; followed by on before the person; as, to charge a crime on the offender; to charge evil consequences on the doctrines of the stoics.

12. To lay on, give or communicate, as an order, command or earnest request; to enjoin; to exhort.

In all this, Job sinned not, nor charged God foolishly. Job 1:22.

13. To lay on, give or communicate, as an order, command or earnest request; to enjoin; to exhort.

CHARGE them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded. 1 Timothy 4:1.

In this sense, when the command is given in the name of God, or with an oath, the phrase amounts to an adjuration.

To adjure; to bind by an oath. 1 Samuel 14:28.

14. To give directions to; to instruct authoritatively; as, the judge charged the grand jury to inquire respecting breaches of the peace.

15. To communicate electrical matter to, as to a coated vial, or an electrical battery.

CHARGE, verb intransitive To make an onset. Thus Glanville says, like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron; and we say, to charge with fixed bayonets. But in this application, the object is understood; to charge the enemy.

CHARGE, noun

1. That which is laid on or in; in a general sense, any load or burden. It is the same word radically as cargo.

2. The quantity of powder, or of powder and ball or shot, used to load a musket, cannon or other like instrument.

3. An onset; a rushing on an enemy; attack; especially by moving troops with fixed bayonets. But it is used for an onset of cavalry as well as of infantry.

4. An order, injunction, mandate, command.

Moses gave Joshua a charge Numbers 27:19.

The king gave charge concerning Absalom. 2 Samuel 18:5.

5. That which is enjoined, committed, entrusted or delivered to another, implying care, custody, oversight, or duty to be performed by the person entrusted.

I gave Hanani charge over Jerusalem. Nehemiah 7:2.

Hence the word includes any trust or commission; an office, duty, employment. It is followed by of or over; more generally by of. Hence,

6. The person or thing committed to anothers custody, care or management; a trust. Thus the people of a parish are called the ministers charge

The starry guardian drove his charge away to some fresh pasture.

7. Instructions given by a judge to a jury, or by a bishop to his clergy. The word may be used as synonymous with command, direction, exhortation or injunction, but always implies solemnity.

8. Imputation in a bad sense; accusation.

Lay not this sin to their charge Acts 7:60.

9. That which constitutes debt, in commercial transactions; an entry of money or the price of goods, on the debit side of an account.

10. Cost; expense; as, the charges of the war are to be borne by the nation.

11. Imposition on land or estate; rent, tax, or whatever constitutes a burden or duty.

12. In military affairs, a signal to attack; as, to sound the charge

13. The posture of a weapon fitted for an attack or combat.

Their armed slaves in charge

14. Among farriers, a preparation of the consistence of a thick decoction, or between an ointment and a plaster, used as a remedy for sprains and inflammations.

15. In heraldry, that which is borne upon the color; or the figures represented on the escutcheon, by which the bearers are distinguished from one another.

16. In electrical experiments, a quantity of electrical fluid, communicated to a coated jar, vial or pane of glass.

A charge of lead, is thirty-six pigs, each containing six stone, wanting two pounds.

Chargeable

CHARGEABLE, adjective

1. That may be charged; that may be set, laid, imposed; as, a duty of forty per cent is chargeable on wine.

2. Subject to be charged; as, wine is chargeable with a duty of forty per cent.

3. Expensive; costly; as a chargeable family.

4. Laying or bringing expense.

Because we would not be chargeable to any of you. 1 Thessalonians 2:9.

5. Imputable; that may be laid or attributed as a crime, fault or debt; as a fault chargeable on a man.

6. Subject to be charged or accused; as a man chargeable with a fault, or neglect.

Chargeableness

CHARGEABLENESS, noun Expensiveness; cost; costliness.

Chargeably

CHARGEABLY, adverb Expensively; at great cost.

Charged

CHARGED, participle passive Loaded; burdened; attacked; laid on; instructed; imputed; accused; placed to the debt; ordered; commanded.

Chargeful

CHARGEFUL, adjective Expensive; costly.

Chargeless

CHARGELESS, adjective Not expensive; free from expense.

Charger

CHARGER, noun

1. In Scots law, one who charges another in a suit.

2. A large dish. Numbers 7:13.

3. A horse used for attack.

Charging

CHARGING, participle present tense Loading; attacking; laying on; instructing; commanding; accusing; imputing.

Charily

CHARILY, adverb [See Chary.] Carefully; warily; frugally.

Chariness

CHARINESS, noun Caution; care; nicety; scrupulousness.

Chariot

CHARIOT, noun

1. A half coach; a carriage with four wheels and one seat behind, used for convenience and pleasure.

2. A car or vehicle used formerly in war, drawn by two or more horses, and conveying two men each. These vehicles were sometimes armed with hooks or sythes.

CHARIOT, verb transitive To convey in a chariot

Chariot-Man

CHARIOT-MAN, noun The driver of a chariot. 2 Chronicles 18:1.

Chariot-Race

CHARIOT-RACE, noun A race with chariots; a sport in which chariots were driven in contest for a prize.

Charioted

CHARIOTED, participle passive Borne in a chariot.

Charioteer

CHARIOTEER, noun The person who drives or conducts a chariot. It is used in speaking of military chariots and those in the ancient games, but not of modern drivers.

Charitable

CHARITABLE, adjective

1. Benevolent and kind; as a charitable disposition.

2. Liberal in benefactions to the poor, and in relieving them in distress; as a charitable man.

3. Pertaining to charity; springing from charity, or intended for charity; benevolent; as a charitable institution, or society; a charitable purpose.

4. Formed on charitable principles; favorable; dictated by kindness; as a charitable construction of words or actions.

Charitableness

CHARITABLENESS, noun

1. The disposition to be charitable; or the exercise of charity.

2. Liberality to the poor.

Charitably

CHARITABLY, adverb Kindly; liberally; benevolently; with a disposition to help the poor; favorably.

Charity

CHARITY, noun

1. In a general sense, love, benevolence, good will; that disposition of heart which inclines men to think favorably of their fellow men, and to do them good. In a theological sense, it includes supreme love to God, and universal good will to men.

1 Corinthians 8:1. Colossians 3:14. 1 Timothy 1:5.

2. In a more particular sense, love, kindness, affection, tenderness, springing from natural relations; as the charities of father, son and brother.

3. Liberality to the poor, consisting in almsgiving or benefactions, or in gratuitous services to relieve them in distress.

4. Alms; whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the poor for their relief.

5. Liberality in gifts and services to promote public objects of utility, as to found and support bible societies, missionary societies, and others.

6. Candor; liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to think and judge favorably, and to put the best construction on words and actions which the case will admit. The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable.

7. Any act of kindness, or benevolence; as the charities of life.

8. A charitable institution. Charity-school, is a school maintained by voluntary contributions for educating poor children.

Chark

CHARK, verb transitive To burn to a coal; to char.

Charlatan

CHARLATAN, noun One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions to skill; a quack; an empiric; a mountebank.

Charlatanical

CHARLATANICAL, adjective Quackish; making undue pretensions to skill; ignorant.

Charlatanry

CHARLATANRY, noun Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; deception by fair words.

Charless-Wain

CHARLESS-WAIN, noun In astronomy, seven stars in the constellation called Ursa Major, or the Great Bear.

Charlock

CHARLOCK, noun The English name of the Raphanus raphanistrum and Sinapis arvensis, very pernicious weeds among grain. One kind has yellow flowers; another, white, with jointed pods.

Charm

CHARM, noun

1. Words, characters or other things imagined to possess some occult or unintelligible power; hence, a magic power or spell, by which with the supposed assistance of the devil, witches and sorcerers have been supposed to do wonderful things. Spell; enchantment. Hence,

2. That which has power to subdue opposition, and gain the affections; that which can please irresistible; that which delights and attracts the heart; generally in the plural.

The smiles of nature and the charms of art.

Good humor only teaches charms to last.

CHARM, verb transitive

1. To subdue or control by incantation or secret influence.

I will send serpents among you - which will not be charmed. Jeremiah 8:17.

2. To subdue by secret power, especially by that which pleases and delights the mind; to allay, or appease.

Music the fiercest grief can charm

3. To give exquisite pleasure to the mind or senses; to delight.

We were charmed with the conversation.

The aerial songster charms us with her melodious notes.

4. To fortify with charms against evil.

I have a charmed life, which must not yield.

5. To make powerful by charms.

6. To summon by incantation.

7. To temper agreeably.

CHARM, verb intransitive To sound harmonically.

Charma

CHARMA, noun A fish resembling the sea-wolf.

Charmed

CHARMED, participle passive Subdued by charms; delighted; enchanted.

Charmer

CHARMER, noun

1. One that charms, or has power to charm; one that uses or has the power of enchantment. Deuteronomy 18:11.

2. One who delights and attracts the affections.

Charmeress

CHARMERESS, noun An enchantress.

Charmful

CHARMFUL, adjective Abounding with charms.

Charming

CHARMING, participle present tense

1. Using charms; enchanting.

2. adjective Pleasing n the highest degree; delighting.

Music is but an elegant and charming species of elocution.

Charmingly

CHARMINGLY, adverb Delightfully; in a manner to charm, or to give delight.

She smiled very charmingly

Charmingness

CHARMINGNESS, noun The power to please.

Charmless

CHARMLESS, adjective Destitute of charms.

Charnel

CHARNEL, adjective Containing flesh or carcasses.

Charnel-House

CHARNEL-HOUSE, noun A place under or near churches, where the bones of the dead are reposited. Anciently, a kind of portico or gallery, in or near a church-yard, over which the bones of the dead were laid, after the flesh was consumed.