Part 1817

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

<h1>Charterist</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"ter*ist</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Chartist</er>.</def>

<h1>Chartism</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Chart"ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>charte</ets> charter. Cf. <er>Charte</er>, <er>Chart</er>.]</ety> <def>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 <i>People's Charter</i>.</def>

<h1>Chartist</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Chart"ist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A supporter or partisan of chartism.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Chartless</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Chart"less</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Without a chart; having no guide.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Not mapped; uncharted; vague.</def>

<i>Barlow.</i>

<mhw><h1>Chartographer, n., Chartographic </, a., Chartography</h1> <Xpage=242>

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

<h1>Chartomancy</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"to*man`cy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>charta</ets> paper + <ets>-mancy</ets>. Cf. <er>Cartomancy</er>.]</ety> <def>Divination by written paper or by cards.</def>

<h1>Chartometer</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char*tom"e*ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Chart</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>.]</ety> <def>An instrument for measuring charts or maps.</def>

<h1>Chartreuse</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char`treuse"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A Carthusian monastery; esp. <i>La Grande Chartreuse</i>, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at <i>La Grande Chartreuse</i>.</def>

<h1>Chartreux</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char`treux"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A Carthusian.</def>

<h1>Chartulary</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"tu*la*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Cartulary</er>.</def>

<h1>Charwoman</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"wom`an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Charwomen</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>.</plu> <ety>[See <er>Char</er> a chore.]</ety> <def>A woman hired for odd work or for single days.</def>

<h1>Chary</h1> <Xpage=242>

<hw>Char"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>cearig</ets> careful, fr. <ets>cearu</ets> care. See <er>Care</er>.]</ety> <def>Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal.</def>