charioteer (char"ioter)

i. [ IMG:content-0173.png:[blocks in formation] charitable (char'i-ta-bl), a . [ charitable , charitable , F. charitable = It. car it ate vole , car it a tabi lis , caritabilis , irreg. ta (t-)s, charity: see charity .] Pertaining to or characterized by charity. (a) Disposed to exhibit charity; disposed to supply the wants of others; benevo- lent and kind; beneficent. She was so charitable and so pitous She wolde wepe if that she sawe a mous Caught in a trappe, if it were deed or bledde. IMG:content-0174.png:[blocks in formation] 2. Indulgently; considerately; kindly; with leniency in judgment: as, to be charitably dis- posed toward all men. Tis best sometimes your censure to restrain, And charitably let the dull be vain. To him that wroughte charite He was aye inward char i to us , And to pite he was pitous. IMG:content-0175.png:[blocks in formation] 2. In a general sense, the good affections men ought to feel toward one another; good will. First Gent. But, i' faith, dost thou think my lady was never in love? Sec. Gent. I rather think she was ever in love; in per- fect charity , I mean, with all the world. I would the great world grew like thee, Who growest not alone in power And knowledge, but by year and hour In reverence and in charity . Specifically-3. Benevolence; liberality in re- Benevolence; li lieving the wants of others; philanthropy. And it ys callyd so be cause Duke Philipp of Burgone byldyd it of hys grett Charitie to Receye Pylgryms therin. Torkington , Diarie of Eng. Travell, p. 24. She is a poor wench, and I took her in Upon mere charity. Beau, and Fl . , Coxcomb, v. 3. But the active, habitual, and detailed charity of private persons, which is so conspicuous a feature in all Christian societies, was scarcely known in antiquity, and there are not more than two or three moralists who have noticed it. Lecky, Europ. Morals, II. 84. 4. Any act of kindne or benevolence; a good deed in behalf of another: as, it would be a charity to refrain from criticizing him. At one of those pillars an arch is turned, and an earthen vase is placed under it; which, by some charity , is kept full of Nile water, for the benefit of travellers. Pococke , Description of the East, I. 13. Specifically-5. Alms; anything bestowed gra- tuitously on a person or persons in need. The ant did well to reprove the gra hopper for her slothfulne ; but she did ill then to refuse her a charity in her distre . Sir R. L'Estrange. It was not in dre , nor feasting, nor promiscuous char- ities that his chief expenses lay. Macaulay. Let us realize that this country, the last found, is the great charity of God to the human race. Emerson, Fortune of the Rep., p. 421. 6. Liberality or allowance in judging others and their actions; a disposition inclined to fa- vorable judgments. The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the Buck minster . uncharitable. 7. A charitable institution; a foundation for the relief of a certain cla of persons by alms, N. Grew, Cosmologia Sacra. Johnson. 2. [Appar. a particular use of the preceding; cf. burn1, v., I., 7.] To expose (new ale) to the air in an open ve el until it acquires a de- gree of acidity and therewith becomes clearer and sourer, fit for drinking. Hall i well . [Prov. Eng.] chark2+ (chärk), n. [See chark2 , v., and char- coal, and cf. char2 , n.] Charcoal. I contrived to burn some wood here, as I had seen done in England, under turf, till it became chark or dry coal. Defoe , Robinson Crusoe. [Ru ., lit. a gla (= charka (chärkä), n. Lith. cherka , a gla ), dim. of chara = Pol. czar a, a cup.] A Ru ian liquid measure, a lit- tle smaller than a gill. It was formerly one eighty- fare of the community or of mankind at large, or some indefinite part of it, as an endowment for a public hospital, school, church, or library, as distinguished from a gift which, being for the benefit of particular persons, gives them a right IMG:content-0176.png:[blocks in formation] to its enjoyment. Early in the history of English the chancellors established the rule that informalities and illegalities which by the common law would invalidate a private trust should not be allowed to defeat a public char i- ty, and that therefore chancery should intervene to prevent the heirs or next of kin from defeating such a gift, should appoint a trustee if none existed, and, if any of the direc- tions of the founder were impracticable, should supply others approximate thereto. The most familiar application of the rule is in the doctrine that the prohibition against perpetuities does not affect a charity. (See perpetuity .) The question what constitutes a charity within this rule has been the subject of much litigation. - Brothers of Charity. (a) A religious order founded by St. John of God at Seville in Spain about 1540, and extended over Spain and France, now having about 100 houses. (b) An or- der founded by Cardinal Rosmini-Serbati, in Italy, in 1828. =Syn. It has a number of houses in England. - Charity com- quack ). mi ioner. See commi ioner . - Knights of Christian charlatanic (shär-la-tan'ik), a. Charity. See knight . Sisters of Charity, nuns who + -ic.] Pertaining to or of the character of a minister to and instruct the poor and nurse the sick; charlatan; quackish: as, charlatanic tricks; a charlatanic boaster. charlatanical (shär-la-tan'i-kal), a . charlatanic. specifically, a congregation with annual vows founded by Vincent de Paul in France about 1633, and since widely spread; also, a congregation with perpetual vows founded at Dublin in Ireland in 1815, by Mrs. Mary Frances Aiken- head, distinctively called the Irish Sisters of Charity. =Syn. Liberality , Generosity , etc. (see beneficence ), indul- gence, forbearance. charity-boy (char'i-ti-boi), n . A boy brought up Gower , Conf. Amant., I. 172. at a charity-school or on a charitable foundation. The grand old name of gentleman, Defamed by every charlatan , And soil'd with all ignoble use. charm1 (chärm), v. [ charmen , I bear a charmed life, which must not yield To one of woman born. Shak ., Macbeth, v. 7. 3. To give exquisite pleasure to; fascinate; en- He saw her charming , but he saw not half The charms her downcast modesty conceal'd. charming ne (chär'ming-nes), n. [ charm- ing + -ne .] The state or quality of being charming; the power to please. charmle (chärm'les), a . [ charm1 + -le .] Destitute of charms; unattractive. [Rare.] Saw my mistre , who is grown a little charmle . Swift , To Stella, Sept. 10, 1710. If the first opening page so charms the sight, Think how the unfolded volume will delight! Dryden, Britannia Rediviva, 1. 108. Charles's law. See law . Charles's Wain. See wain . charlett, n. [ME., also charlyt ; origin obscure.] A sort of omelet or custard. According to one recipe, it was made of milk colored with saffron, mingled with minced boiled pork and beaten eggs, boiled, stirred and mixed with ale. Charleyt (chär'li), n . A slang name for a watch- man under the old patrol system in England: given, it is said, because Charles I. in 1640 ex- tended and improved the patrol system of Lon- don. What dazzled all, and shone far-off as shines A field of charlock in the sudden sun Between two showers, a cloth of palest gold. IMG:content-0177.png:[blocks in formation] 2. To give delight; be highly pleasing: as, a melody that could charm more than any other. -3t. To give forth musical sounds. The deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Ps. lviii. 4, 5. And all the while harmonious airs were heard, Of chiming strings or charming pipes. Milton , P. R., ii. 363. charm2 (chärm), n. [Also chirm and churm (commonly chirm , q. v.), cirman , cyr- man, cry out, shout, clamor, = MD. kermen , karmen , cry out, lament. The form charm for the murmuring or clamoring of birds is still in dial. use, but in literary use is appar. merged in charm1 , with ref. to the orig. sense 'a song': see charm1 .] 1. The confused low murmuring of a flock of birds; chirm. With charm of earliest birds. Shak ., 2 Hen. VI., ii. 3. Where no old Charnico is, nor no anchoves. Fletcher , Wit without Money, ii. charnel (chär'nel), n. and a. [ charnelle , charnel , carnel , carnale , a charnel, neut. of carnal is , > OF. carnel , charnel , adj., of flesh (see carnal ) (OF. and F. also charnier , carnarium , a charnel), caro ( carn- ) , flesh. Cf. AS. flæschus , lit. flesh-house,' a char- nel.] I. n. A common repository for dead bodies; a place for the indiscriminate or close deposit of the remains, and especially of the bones, of the dead; a charnel-house. [Now little used separately.] In charnel atte chirche cherles ben yuel to knowe, Or a knizte fram a knaue; there knowe this in thin herte. Piers Plowman (B), vi. 50. Toward the Est, an 100 Pas, is the Charnelle of the Hos- pitalle of seynt John, where men weren wont to putte the Bones of dede men. Mandeville , Travels, p. 94. I have made my bed In charnels and on coffins, where black Death Keeps record of the trophies won from thee. Shelley , Alastor. Where the extinguished Spartans still are free, In their proud charnel of Thermopylæ. Those thick and gloomy shadows damp, Oft seen in charnel vaults and sepulchres. All stood together on the deck, For a charnel dungeon fitter. dishes. Apple charlotte, apple custard served in a form of sponge-cake. - Charlotte ru e (French ru e , Ru ian), whipped cream similarly arranged. charly-mufti (chär'li-muf'ti), n. [A humor- ous name; appar. Charley , Charlie , dim. of Charles, a proper name (see carl ), + mufti , civilian dre . A name of the whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea. Macgillivray . [Eng.] She works by charms , by spells, by the figure. Shak ., M. W. of W., iv. 2. Hast thou a charm to stay the morning star In his steep course? And still o'er many a neighboring door She saw the horseshoe's curvéd charm. Charm is the glory which makes Song of the poet divine; Love is the fountain of charm ! charmel (kär'mel), n. [Heb.] A garden, an orchard, or a park. [The word is found only in the Douay version of Isa. xxix. 17.] charmer (chär'mer), n. [ ; charm1 + -er1.] 1. One who charms, or has power to charm. (a) One who uses or has the power of enchantment, or some similar power. There shall not be found among you an enchanter, or a witch, or a charmer, or a consulter with familiar spirits. IMG:content-0178.png:[blocks in formation] In one corner of this court, stretched on a charpoy , lay a young man of slight figure and small stature. W. H. Ru ell , Diary in India, II. 58. charqui (chär'kē), n. [The Chilian name, of which the E. term jerked (beef) is a corruption.] Jerked beef; beef cut into strips about an inch thick and dried by exposure to the sun. charrt, n. See char4 . charr as, n. See churrus . charrelt, n. See char4 . charre2+, n. See char5 . charr ière (sha-ri-ar'), n. [F., from a proper name Charrière.] In an at ., a small scalpel employed for fine di ection. charry (chär'i), a . [ char2 +-y1.] Pertaining to charcoal; like charcoal, or partaking of its qualities. chart