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{ Charlatanic (?), Charlatanical (?), } a. Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish. -- Charlatanically, adv.
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Charlatanism (?), n. [Cf. F. charlatanisme.] Charlatanry.
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Charlatanry (?), n. [F. charlatanrie, from It. ciarlataneria. See .] Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.
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Charles's Wain (?). [Charles + wain; cf. AS. Carles wǣn (for wægn), Sw. karlvagnen, Dan. karlsvogn. See , and .] (Astron.) The group of seven stars, commonly called the Big Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See , under .
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☞ The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation.
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Charlie (?), n. 1. A familiar nickname or substitute for Charles.
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2. A night watchman; -- an old name.
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3. A short, pointed beard, like that worn by Charles I.
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4. As a proper name, a fox; -- so called in fables and familiar literature.
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Charlock (?), n. [AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr. AS. leác leek. Cf. .] (Bot.) A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock.
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Coloq. Jointed charlock , Coloq. White charlock , a troublesome weed (Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish.
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Charlotte (?), n. [F.] 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.
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Coloq. Charlotte Russe (�), or Coloq. Charlotte à la russe [F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.
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Charm (chärm), n. [F. charme, fr. L. carmen song, verse, incantation, for casmen, akin to Skr. çasman, çasā, a laudatory song, from a root signifying to praise, to sing.] 1. A melody; a song. [Obs.]
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With charm of earliest birds. Milton.
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Free liberty to chant our charms at will. Spenser.
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2. A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation.
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My high charms work. Shak.
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3. That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality.
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Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. Pope.
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The charm of beauty's powerful glance. Milton.
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4. Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.
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5. Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain.
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6. (Physics) a property of certain quarks which may take the value of +1, -1 or 0.
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Syn. -- Spell; incantation; conjuration; enchantment; fascination; attraction.
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Charm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Charming.] [Cf. F. charmer. See , n.] 1. To make music upon; to tune. [Obs. & R.]
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Here we our slender pipes may safely charm. Spenser.
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2. To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic.
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No witchcraft charm thee! Shak.
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3. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.
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Music the fiercest grief can charm. Pope.
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4. To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate.
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They, on their mirth and dance
Intent, with jocund music charm his ear. Milton.
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5. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life.
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I, in my own woe charmed,
Could not find death. Shak.

Syn. - To fascinate; enchant; enrapture; captivate; bewitch; allure; subdue; delight; entice; transport.
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Charm, v. i. 1. To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms.
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The voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Ps. lviii. 5.
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2. To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.
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3. To make a musical sound. [Obs.] Milton.
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charmed adj. 1. same as .
Syn. -- captivated.
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2. filled with wonder and delight.
Syn. -- beguiled, captivated, delighted, enthralled, entranced.
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Charmel (?), n. [Heb.] A fruitful field.
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Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest. Isa. xxix. 17 (Douay version).
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Charmer (?), n. 1. One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician. Deut. xviii. 11.
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2. One who delights and attracts the affections.
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Charmeress (?), n. An enchantress. Chaucer.
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Charmful (?), a. Abounding with charms. “His charmful lyre.” Cowley.
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Charming, a. Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive.
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How charming is divine philosophy. Milton.

Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning.

-- Charmingly, adv. -- Charmingness, n.
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Charmless, a. Destitute of charms. Swift.
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{ Charneco, Charnico (?) }, n. A sort of sweet wine. [Obs.] Shak.
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Charnel (?), a. [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L. carnalis. See .] Containing the bodies of the dead. “Charnel vaults.” Milton.
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Coloq. 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.
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Charnel, n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
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In their proud charnel of Thermopylæ. Byron.
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Charon (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. �.] (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.
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Charpie (?), n. [F., properly fem. p. p. of OF. charpir, carpir, to pluck, fr. L. carpere. Cf. .] (Med.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.
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Charqui (?), n. [Sp. 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.
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Charr (?), n. See 1st .
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Charras (?), n. The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same as . Balfour.
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Charre (?), n. [LL. charrus a certain weight.] See , n., 17.
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Charry (?), a. [See 6th .] Pertaining to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.
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Chart (chärt; kärt Obs.), n. [A doublet of card: cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See , and cf. .] 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.
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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.
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3. A written deed; a charter.
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Coloq. Globular chart , a chart constructed on a globular projection. See under . -- Coloq. Heliographic chart , a map of the sun with its spots. -- Coloq. Mercator's chart , a chart constructed on the principle of Mercator's projection. See . -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Selenographic chart , a map representing the surface of the moon. -- Coloq. Topographic chart , a minute delineation of a limited place or region.
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Chart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charted.] To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast.
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Charta (kärtȧ), n. [L., leaf of paper. See .] (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 .
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Chartaceous (?), a. [L. chartaceus. See .] Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery.
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Charte (?), n. [F. See .] The constitution, or fundamental law, of the French monarchy, as established on the restoration of Louis XVIII., in 1814.
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Charter (?), n. [OF. chartre, F. chartre, charte, fr. L. chartula a little paper, dim. of charta. See , .] 1. A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance. [Archaic]
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2. An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.
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The king [John, a.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.
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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.
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4. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.
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My mother,
Who has a charter to extol her blood,
When she does praise me, grieves me. Shak.
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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.
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Coloq. Charter land (O. Eng. Law), land held by charter, or in socage; bookland. -- Coloq. 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. -- Coloq. Charter party [F. 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. -- Coloq. People's Charter (Eng. Hist.), the document which embodied the demands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the English government in 1838.
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Charter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chartered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chartering.] 1. To establish by charter.
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2. To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under , n.
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Chartered (?), a. 1. Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter.
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The sufficiency of chartered rights. Palfrey.
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The air, a chartered libertine. Shak.
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2. Hired or let by charter, as a ship.
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Charterer (?), n. One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage.
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Charterhouse (?), n. A well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a Carthusian monastery (Chartreuse) in London.
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Charterist, n. Same as .
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Chartism (?), n. [F. charte charter. Cf. , .] 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.
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Chartist (?), n. A supporter or partisan of chartism. [Eng.]
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Chartless, a. 1. Without a chart; having no guide.
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2. Not mapped; uncharted; vague. Barlow.
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Chartographer (?), n., Chartographic (�), a., Chartography (�), n., etc. Same as , , , etc.
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Chartomancy (?), n. [L. charta paper + -mancy. Cf. .] Divination by written paper or by cards.
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Chartometer (chârtŏm�tẽr), n. [Chart + -meter.] An instrument for measuring charts or maps.
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Chartreuse (?), n. [F.] 1. A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.
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2. An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at La Grande Chartreuse.
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Chartreux (?), n. [F.] A Carthusian.
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Chartulary (?), n. See .
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Charwoman (chârw�m�n), n.; pl. Charwomen (chârwĭmĕn). [See a chore.] A woman hired for odd work or for single days.
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Chary (châr� or chār�; 277), a. [AS. cearig careful, fr. cearu care. See .] 1. Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, or reckless; as, the latest internet IPO's were shunned by investors made chary by the poor performance of the first wave of companies that went public.
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His rising reputation made him more chary of his fame. Jeffrey.
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2. Saving; frugal; sparing; not spendthrift; -- often used with of; as, chary of his praise.
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3. Fastidious; picky; choosy.
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Charybdis (?), n. [L., Gr. charybdis.] A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See .
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Chasable (?), a. Capable of being chased; fit for hunting. Gower.
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Chase (chās), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chased (chāst); p. pr. & vb. n. Chasing.] [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See .] 1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.
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We are those which chased you from the field. Shak.
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Philologists, who chase
A panting syllable through time and place. Cowper.
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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.
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Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. Knolles.
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3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.
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Chasing each other merrily. Tennyson.
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Chase, v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [Colloq.]
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Chase, n. [Cf. F. chasse, fr. chasser. See , 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.
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You see this chase is hotly followed. Shak.
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2. That which is pursued or hunted.
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Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase,
For I myself must hunt this deer to death. Shak.
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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.]
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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.
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Coloq. Chase gun (Naut.), 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. -- Coloq. Chase port (Naut.), a porthole from which a chase gun is fired. -- Coloq. Stern chase (Naut.), a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued. -- Coloq. cut to the chase (Film), a term used in action movies meaning, to shift the scene to the most exciting part, where someone is being chased. It is used metaphorically to mean “get to the main point”.
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Chase, n. [F. cháse, fr. L. capsa box, case. See a box.] (Print.) 1. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.
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2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the reënforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See .
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3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.
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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.
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Chase, v. t. [A contraction of enchase.] 1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.
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2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread.
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chased (chāst), n. a person who is being chased; as, better to be the chaser than the chased.
Syn. -- pursued.
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Chaser (?), n. 1. One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.
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2. (Naut.) Same as , esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under , .
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Chaser, n. 1. One who chases or engraves. See 5th , and .
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2. (Mech.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.
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Chasible (?), n. See .
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Chasing (?), n. The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.
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Chasm (kăz'm), n. [L. chasma, Gr. chasma, fr. chainein to gape, to open wide. See .] 1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.
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That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill. Coleridge.
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2. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.
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Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought. Addison.
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Chasmed (kăz'md), a. Having gaps or a chasm. [R.]
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Chasmy (kăzm�), a. Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms. Carlyle.
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They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed. Wordsworth.
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