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5. Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain.

Syn. - Spell; incantation; conjuration; enchantment; fascination; attraction.

Charm <Xpage=242>

Charm , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Charmed (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Charming .] [Cf. F. charmer . See Charm , n. ] 1. To make music upon; to tune. [Obs. & R.]

Here we our slender pipes may safely charm . Spenser.

2. To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic.

No witchcraft charm thee! Shak.

3. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

Music the fiercest grief can charm . Pope.

4. To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate.

They, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear. Milton.

5. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life .

I, in my own woe charmed , Could not find death. Shak.

Syn. - To fascinate; enchant; enrapture; captivate; bewitch; allure; subdue; delight; entice; transport.

Charm <Xpage=242>

Charm , v. i. 1. To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms.

The voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Ps. lviii. 5.

2. To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.

3. To make a musical sound. [Obs.]

Milton.

Charmel <Xpage=242>

Char"mel (?) , n. [Heb.] A fruitful field.

Libanus shall be turned into charmel , and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest. Isa. xxix. 17 (Douay version).

Charmer <Xpage=242>

Charm"er (?) , n. 1. One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician.

Deut. xviii. 11.

2. One who delights and attracts the affections.

Charmeress <Xpage=242>

Charm"er*ess (?) , n. An enchantress.

Chaucer.

Charmful <Xpage=242>

Charm"ful (?) , a. Abounding with charms. "His charmful lyre."

Cowley.

Charming <Xpage=242>

Charm"ing , a. Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive.

How charming is divine philosophy. Milton.

Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning.

-- Charm"ing*ly , adv. -- Charm"ing*ness , n.

Charmless <Xpage=242>

Charm"less , a. Destitute of charms.

Swift.

Charneco, Charnico <Xpage=242>

Char"ne*co , Char"ni*co (?) , n. A sort of sweet wine. [Obs.]

Shak.

Charnel <Xpage=242>

Char"nel (?) , a. [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L. carnalis . See Carnal .] Containing the bodies of the dead. " Charnel vaults."

Milton.

Charnel house , a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.

Charnel <Xpage=242>

Char"nel , n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.

In their proud charnel of Thermopyl\'91. Byron.

Charon <Xpage=242>

Cha"ron (?) , n. [L., fr. Gr. <?/.] (Cless. Myth.) The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions.

Shak.

Charpie <Xpage=242>

Char"pie (?) , n. [F., properly fem. p. p. of OF. charpir , carpir , to pluck, fr. L. carpere . Cf. Carpet .] (Med.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.

Charqui <Xpage=242>

Char"qui (?) , n. [Sp. A term used in South America, Central America, and the Western United States.] Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun.

Darwin.

Charr <Xpage=242>

Charr (?) , n. See 1st Char .

Charras <Xpage=242>

Char"ras (?) , n. The gum resin of the hemp plant ( Cannabis sativa ). Same as Churrus .

Balfour.

Charre <Xpage=242>

Charre (?) , n. [LL. charrus a certain weight.] See Charge , n. , 17.

Charry <Xpage=242>

Char"ry (?) , a. [See 6th Char .] Pertaining to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.

Chart <Xpage=242>

Chart (?) , n. [A doublet of card : cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See Card , and cf. Charter .] 1. A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart .

2. A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts ; the English Admiralty charts .

3. A written deed; a charter.

Globular chart , a chart constructed on a globular projection. See under Globular . -- Heliographic chart , a map of the sun with its spots. -- Mercator's chart , a chart constructed on the principle of Mercator's projection. See Projection . -- Plane chart , a representation of some part of the superficies of the globe, in which its spherical form is disregarded, the meridians being drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude at equal distances. -- Selenographic chart , a map representing the surface of the moon. -- Topographic chart , a minute delineation of a limited place or region.

Chart <Xpage=242>

Chart , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Charted .] To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast .

Charta <Xpage=242>

Char"ta (?) , n. [L., leaf of paper. See Chart .] (Law) (a) Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper. (b) A charter or deed; a writing by which a grant is made. See Magna Charta .

Chartaceous <Xpage=242>

Char*ta"ceous (?) , a. [L. chartaceus . See Charta .] Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery.

Charte <Xpage=242>

Charte (?) , n. [F. See Chart .] The constitution, or fundamental law, of the French monarchy, as established on the restoration of Louis XVIII., in 1814.

Charter <Xpage=242>

Char"ter (?) , n. [OF. chartre , F. chartre , charte , fr. L. chartula a little paper, dim. of charta . See Chart , Card .] 1. A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance. [Archaic]

2. An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.

The king [John, a.d . 1215], with a facility somewhat suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the "Great Charter ," either granted or secured very important liberties and privileges to every order of men in the kingdom. Hume.

3. An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers.

4. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.

My mother, Who has a charter to extol her blood, When she does praise me, grieves me. Shak.

5. (Com.) The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter . See Charter party , below.

Charter land (O. Eng. Law) , land held by charter, or in socage; bookland. -- Charter member , one of the original members of a society or corporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taking part in the first proceedings under it. -- Charter party [F. chartre partie , or charte partie , a divided charter; from the practice of cutting the instrument of contract in two, and giving one part to each of the contractors] (Com.) , a mercantile lease of a vessel; a specific contract by which the owners of a vessel let the entire vessel, or some principal part of the vessel, to another person, to be used by the latter in transportation for his own account, either under their charge or his. -- People's Charter (Eng. Hist.) , the document which embodied the demands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the English government in 1838.

Charter <Xpage=242>

Char"ter , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chartered (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chartering .] 1. To establish by charter.

2. To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party , under Charter , n.

Chartered <Xpage=242>

Char"tered (?) , a. 1. Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter.

The sufficiency of chartered rights. Palfrey.

The air, a chartered libertine. Shak.

2. Hired or let by charter, as a ship.

Charterer <Xpage=242>

Char"ter*er (?) , n. One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage.

Charterhouse <Xpage=242>

Char"ter*house` (?) , n. A well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a Carthusian monastery ( Chartreuse ) in London.

Charterist <Xpage=242>

Char"ter*ist , n. Same as Chartist .

Chartism <Xpage=242>

Chart"ism (?) , n. [F. charte charter. Cf. Charte , Chart .] The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter .

Chartist <Xpage=242>

Chart"ist (?) , n. A supporter or partisan of chartism. [Eng.]

Chartless <Xpage=242>

Chart"less , a. 1. Without a chart; having no guide.

2. Not mapped; uncharted; vague.

Barlow.

Chartographer, n., Chartographic </, a., Chartography <Xpage=242>

Char*tog"ra*pher (?) , n. , Char`to*graph"ic (<?/) , a. , Char*tog"ra*phy (<?/) , n. , etc. Same as Cartographer , Cartographic , Cartography , etc.

Chartomancy <Xpage=242>

Char"to*man`cy (?) , n. [L. charta paper + -mancy . Cf. Cartomancy .] Divination by written paper or by cards.

Chartometer <Xpage=242>

Char*tom"e*ter (?) , n. [ Chart + -meter .] An instrument for measuring charts or maps.

Chartreuse <Xpage=242>

Char`treuse" (?) , n. [F.] 1. A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse , mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.

2. An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at La Grande Chartreuse .

Chartreux <Xpage=242>

Char`treux" (?) , n. [F.] A Carthusian.

Chartulary <Xpage=242>

Char"tu*la*ry (?) , n. See Cartulary .

Charwoman <Xpage=242>

Char"wom`an (?) , n. ; pl. Charwomen (#) . [See Char a chore.] A woman hired for odd work or for single days.

Chary <Xpage=242>

Char"y (?) , a. [AS. cearig careful, fr. cearu care. See Care .] Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal.

His rising reputation made him more chary of his fame. Jeffrey.

Charybdis <Xpage=242>

Cha*ryb"dis (?) , n. [L., Gr. <?/.] A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla .

Chasable <Xpage=242>

Chas"a*ble (?) , a. Capable of being chased; fit for hunting.

Gower.

Chase <Xpage=242>

Chase (?) , v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Chased (?) ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chasing .] [OF. chacier , F. chasser , fr. (assumed) LL. captiare , fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch .] 1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

We are those which chased you from the field. Shak.

Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. Cowper.

2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off ; as, to chase the hens away .

Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. Knolles.

3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.

Chasing each other merrily. Tennyson.

Chase <Xpage=242>

Chase , v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor . [Colloq.]

Chase <Xpage=242>

Chase , n. [Cf. F. chasse , fr. chasser . See Chase , v. ] 1. Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt. "This mad chase of fame."

Dryden.

You see this chase is hotly followed. Shak.

2. That which is pursued or hunted.

Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase , For I myself must hunt this deer to death. Shak.

3. An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace . [Eng.]

4. (Court Tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point.

Chase gun (Naut.) , a cannon placed at the bow or stern of an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in defending the vessel when pursued. -- Chase port (Naut.) , a porthole from which a chase gun is fired. -- Stern chase (Naut.) , a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued.

Chase <Xpage=242>

Chase , n. [F. ch\'a0se , fr. L. capsa box, case. See Case a box.] (Print.) 1. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.

2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the re\'89nforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon .

3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.

4. (Shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.

Chase <Xpage=242>

Chase , v. t. [A contraction of enchase .] 1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.

2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread.

Chaser <Xpage=242>

Chas"er (?) , n. 1. One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.

2. (Naut.) Same as Chase gun , esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser . See under Bow , Stern .

Chaser <Xpage=242>

Chas"er , n. 1. One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase , and Enchase .

2. (Mech.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.

Chasible <Xpage=242>

Chas"i*ble (?) , n. See Chasuble .

Chasing <Xpage=242>

Chas"ing (?) , n. The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.

Chasm <Xpage=242>

Chasm (?) , n. [L. chasma , Gr. <?/, fr. <?/ to grape, to open wide. See Chaos .] 1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.

That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill. Coleridge.

2. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.

Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought. Addison.

Chasmed <Xpage=242>

Chasmed (?) , a. Having gaps or a chasm. [R.]

Chasmy <Xpage=242>

Chas"my (?) , a. Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms.

Carlyle.

They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed. Wordsworth.

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Chasse <Xpage=243>

Chas`se" (?) , n. [F., fr. chass\'82 , p. p. of chasser to chase.] A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.

Chasse <Xpage=243>

Chas`se" , v. i. (Dancing) To make the movement called chass\'82; as, all chass\'82 ; chass\'82 to the right or left.

Chasselas <Xpage=243>

Chas"se*las (?) , n. [F., from the village of Chasselas .] A white grape, esteemed for the table.

Chassepot <Xpage=243>

Chasse`pot" (?) , n. [From the French inventor, A. A. Chassepot .] (Mil.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun.

Chasseur <Xpage=243>

Chas`seur" (?) , n. [F., a huntsman. See Chase to pursue.] 1. (Mil.) One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements.

2. An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword.

The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. W. Irving.

Chassis <Xpage=243>

Chas"sis (?) , n. [F. ch<?/ssis .] (Mil.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gum moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage .]

Chast <Xpage=243>

Chast (?) , v. t. to chasten. [Obs.]

Chaucer.

Chaste <Xpage=243>

Chaste (?) , a. [F. chaste , from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. <?/ pure, Skr. <?/udth to purify.]

1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. "As chaste as Diana."

Shak.

Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. Milton.

2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.