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<hw>Char"nel</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>charnel</ets> carnal, fleshly, fr. L. <ets>carnalis</ets>. See <er>Carnal</er>.]</ety> <def>Containing the bodies of the dead.</def> "<i>Charnel</i> vaults."

<i>Milton.</i>

<cs><col>Charnel house</col>, <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<h1>Charnel</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"nel</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.</def>

<blockquote>In their proud <b>charnel</b> of Thermopyl\'91. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Charon</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Cha"ron</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L., fr. Gr. <?/.]</ety> <fld>(Cless. Myth.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Charpie</h1> <Xpage=242>

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

<h1>Charqui</h1> <Xpage=242>

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

<i>Darwin.</i>

<h1>Charr</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Charr</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See 1st <er>Char</er>.</def>

<h1>Charras</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"ras</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The gum resin of the hemp plant (<spn>Cannabis sativa</spn>). Same as <er>Churrus</er>.</def>

<i>Balfour.</i>

<h1>Charre</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Charre</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[LL. <ets>charrus</ets> a certain weight.]</ety> <def>See <er>Charge</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 17.</def>

<h1>Charry</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See 6th <er>Char</er>.]</ety> <def>Pertaining to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.</def>

<h1>Chart</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Chart</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[A doublet of <ets>card</ets>: cf. F. <ets>charte</ets> charter, <ets>carte</ets> card. See <er>Card</er>, and cf. <er>Charter</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; <as>as, an historical <ex>chart</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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>as, the United States Coast Survey <ex>charts</ex>; the English Admiralty <ex>charts</ex>.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A written deed; a charter.</def>

<cs><col>Globular chart</col>, <cd>a chart constructed on a globular projection. See under <er>Globular</er>.</cd> -- <col>Heliographic chart</col>, <cd>a map of the sun with its spots.</cd> -- <col>Mercator's chart</col>, <cd>a chart constructed on the principle of Mercator's projection. See <er>Projection</er>.</cd> -- <col>Plane chart</col>, <cd>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.</cd> -- <col>Selenographic chart</col>, <cd>a map representing the surface of the moon.</cd> -- <col>Topographic chart</col>, <cd>a minute delineation of a limited place or region.</cd></cs>