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<cs><col>Sisters of Charity</col> <fld>(R. C. Ch.)</fld>, <cd>a sisterhood of religious women engaged in works of mercy, esp. in nursing the sick; -- a popular designation. There are various orders of the Sisters of Charity.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Love; benevolence; good will; affection; tenderness; beneficence; liberality; almsgiving.</syn>

<h1>Charivari</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Cha*ri`va*ri"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.</def>

<note>&hand; It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time.</note>

<h1>Chark</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Chark</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Abbrev. fr. <ets>charcoal</ets>.]</ety> <def>Charcoal; a cinder.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>DeFoe.</i>

<h1>Chark</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Chark</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Charked</er> <tt>(?)</tt>.]</wordforms> <def>To burn to a coal; to char.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Charlatan</h1> <Xpage=241>

<hw>Char"la*tan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>charlatan</ets>, fr. It. <ets>ciarlatano</ets>, fr. <ets>ciarlare</ets> to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. <ets>zirlare</ets> to whistle like a thrush.]</ety> <def>One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.</def>

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<h1>Charlatanic, Charlatanical</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw><hw>Char`la*tan"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Char`la*tan"ic*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Char`la*tan"ic*al*ly</wf>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<h1>Charlatanism</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"la*tan*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>charlatanisme</ets>.]</ety> <def>Charlatanry.</def>

<h1>Charlatanry</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"la*tan*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>charlatanrie</ets>, from It. <ets>ciarlataneria</ets>. See <er>Charlatan</er>.]</ety> <def>Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.</def>

<h1>Charles's Wain</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Charles's Wain</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[<ets>Charles</ets> + <ets>wain</ets>; cf. AS. <ets>Carles w<?/n</ets> (for <ets>w\'91gn</ets>), Sw. <ets>karlvagnen</ets>, Dan. <ets>karlsvogn</ets>. See <er>Churl</er>, and <er>Wain</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The group of seven stars, commonly called the <i>Dipper</i>, in the constellation <i>Ursa Major</i>, or <i>Great Bear</i>. See <er>Ursa major</er>, under <er>Ursa</er>.</def>

<note>&hand; The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation.</note>

<h1>Charlock</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"lock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cerlic</ets>; the latter part perh. fr. AS. <ets>le\'a0c</ets> leek. Cf. <er>Hemlock</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A cruciferous plant (<spn>Brassica sinapistrum</spn>) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also <altname>chardock</altname>, <altname>chardlock</altname>, <altname>chedlock</altname>, and <altname>kedlock</altname>.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Jointed charlock</col>, <col>White charlock</col></mcol>, <cd>a troublesome weed (<spn>Raphanus Raphanistrum</spn>) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish.</cd></cs>

<h1>Charlotte</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"lotte</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.</def>