Charm Charm intransitive verb 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. [ Obsolete]
Milton.
Charmel Char"mel noun [ Hebrew ]
A fruitful field. Libanus shall be turned into charmel , and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest.
Isa. xxix. 17 (Douay version).
Charmer Charm"er noun 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 Charm"er·ess noun An enchantress. Chaucer.
Charmful Charm"ful adjective Abounding with charms. "His
charmful lyre."
Cowley.
Charming Charm"ing adjective 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 ,
adverb --
Charm"ing*ness ,
noun
Charmless Charm"less adjective Destitute of charms. Swift.
Charneco, Charnico Char"ne·co, Char"ni·co noun A sort of sweet wine. [ Obsolete]
Shak.
Charnel Char"nel adjective [ French
charnel carnal, fleshly, from Latin
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 Char"nel noun A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery. In their proud charnel of Thermopylę.
Byron.
Charon Cha"ron noun [ Latin , from Greek ....]
(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 Char"pie noun [ French, properly fem. past participle of Old French
charpir ,
carpir , to pluck, from Latin
carpere . Confer
Carpet .]
(Medicine) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.
Charqui Char"qui noun [ Spanish 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 Charr noun See 1st Char .
Charras Char"ras noun The gum resin of the hemp plant ( Cannabis sativa ). Same as Churrus . Balfour.
Charre Charre noun [ Late Latin
charrus a certain weight.]
See Charge , noun , 17.
Charry Char"ry adjective [ See 6th
Char .]
Pertaining to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.
Chart Chart noun [ A doublet of
card : confer French
charte charter,
carte card. See
Card , and confer
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 Chart transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Charted .]
To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast.
Charta Char"ta noun [ Latin , 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 Char·ta"ceous adjective [ Latin
chartaceus . See
Charta .]
Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery.
Charte Charte noun [ French See
Chart .]
The constitution, or fundamental law, of the French monarchy, as established on the restoration of Louis XVIII., in 1814.
Charter Char"ter noun [ Old French
chartre , French
chartre ,
charte , from Latin
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, adjective 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 [ French
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 Char"ter transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chartered ;
present participle & verbal noun Chartering .]
1. To establish by charter. 2. To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party , under Charter , noun
Chartered Char"tered adjective 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 Char"ter·er noun One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage.
Charterhouse Char"ter·house` noun A well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a Carthusian monastery ( Chartreuse ) in London.
Charterist Char"ter·ist noun Same as Chartist .
Chartism Chart"ism noun [ French
charte charter. Confer
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 Chart"ist noun A supporter or partisan of chartism. [ Eng.]
Chartless Chart"less adjective 1. Without a chart; having no guide. 2. Not mapped; uncharted; vague. Barlow.
Chartographer Char·tog"ra·pher noun ,
Char`to*graph"ic adjective ,
Char*tog"ra*phy noun , etc.
Same as Cartographer , Cartographic , Cartography , etc.
Chartomancy Char"to·man`cy noun [ Latin
charta paper +
-mancy . Confer
Cartomancy .]
Divination by written paper or by cards.
Chartometer Char·tom"e·ter noun [
Chart +
-meter .]
An instrument for measuring charts or maps.
Chartreuse Char`treuse" noun [ French]
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 Char`treux" noun [ French]
A Carthusian.
Chartulary Char"tu·la·ry noun See Cartulary .
Charwoman Char"wom`an noun ;
plural Charwomen . [ See
Char a chore.]
A woman hired for odd work or for single days.
Chary Char"y adjective [ Anglo-Saxon
cearig careful, from
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 Cha·ryb"dis noun [ Latin , Greek ....]
A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla .
Chasable Chas"a·ble adjective Capable of being chased; fit for hunting. Gower.
Chase Chase transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Chased ;
present participle & verbal noun Chasing .] [ Old French
chacier , French
chasser , from (assumed) Late Latin
captiare , from Latin
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 Chase intransitive verb To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [ Colloq.]
Chase Chase noun [ Confer French
chasse , from
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 (Nautical) ,
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 (Nautical) ,
a porthole from which a chase gun is fired. --
Stern chase (Nautical) ,
a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued.
Chase Chase noun [ French
chįse , from Latin
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 reėnforce 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 Chase transitive verb [ 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 Chas"er noun 1. One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter. 2. (Nautical) Same as Chase gun , esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser . See under Bow , Stern .
Chaser Chas"er noun 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 Chas"i·ble noun See Chasuble .
Chasing Chas"ing noun The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.
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