Part 1806

<h1>Charade</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Cha*rade"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>charade</ets>, cf. Pr. <ets>charrada</ets> long chat, It <ets>ciarlare</ets> to chat, whence E. <ets>charlatan</ets>.]</ety> <def>A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.</def>

<h1>Charbocle</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Char"bo*cle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Carbuncle.</def> <altsp>[Written also <asp>Charboncle</asp>.]</altsp> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Charbon</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Char"bon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F., coal, charbon.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. See <er>Maligmant pustule</er>.</def>

<h1>Charcoal</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Char"coal`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Char</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>, to burn or to reduce to coal, and <er>Coal</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld> <def>Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.</def>

<cs><col>Animal charcoal</col>, <cd>a fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant.</cd> -- <col>Charcoal blacks</col>, <cd>the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory, bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances.</cd> -- <col>Charcoal drawing</col> <fld>(Fine Arts)</fld>, <cd>a drawing made with charcoal. See <er>Charcoal</er>, 2. Until within a few years this material has been used almost exclusively for preliminary outline, etc., but at present many finished drawings are made with it.</cd> -- <col>Charcoal point</col>, <cd>a carbon pencil prepared for use un an electric light apparatus.</cd> -- <col>Mineral charcoal</col>, <cd>a term applied to silky fibrous layers of charcoal, interlaminated in beds of ordinary bituminous coal; -- known to miners as <i>mother of coal<i>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chard</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Chard</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>carde</ets> esclent thistle.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.</def>

<h1>Chare</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Chare</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A narrow street.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Chare</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Chare</hw>, <tt>n. & v.</tt> <def>A chore; to chore; to do. See <er>Char</er>.</def>

<h1>Charge</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Charge</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Charged</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Charging</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OF. <ets>chargier</ets>, F. <ets>charger</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>carricare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>carrus</ets> wagon. Cf. <er>Cargo</er>, <er>Caricature</er>, <er>Cark</er>, and see <er>Car</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.</def>

<blockquote>A carte that <b>charged</b> was with hay. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The <b>charging</b> of children's memories with rules. <i>Locke.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; <as>as, to <ex>charge</ex> a jury; to <ex>charge</ex> the clergy of a diocese; to <ex>charge</ex> an agent.</as></def>

<blockquote>Moses . . . <b>charged</b> you to love the Lord your God. <i>Josh. xxii. 5.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Cromwell, I <b>charge</b> thee, fing away ambition. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.</def>