CHARADE, noun A composition, in which the subject must be a word of two syllables, each forming a distinct word; and these syllables are to be concealed in an enigmatical description, first separately and then together. Example. My first, when a Frenchman in learning English, serves him to swear by. My second is either hay or corn. My whole is the delight of the age.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.