CHARLATANRY
CHARLATANRY, noun Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; deception by fair words.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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CHARLESS-WAIN
CHARLESS-WAIN, noun In astronomy, seven stars in the constellation called Ursa Major, or the Great Bear.
CHARLOCK
CHARLOCK, noun The English name of the Raphanus raphanistrum and Sinapis arvensis, very pernicious weeds among grain. One kind has yellow flowers; another, white, with jointed p...
CHARM
CHARM, noun1. Words, characters or other things imagined to possess some occult or unintelligible power; hence, a magic power or spell, by which with the supposed assistance of ...
CHARMA
CHARMA, noun A fish resembling the sea-wolf.
CHARMED
CHARMED, participle passive Subdued by charms; delighted; enchanted.
CHARMER
CHARMER, noun1. One that charms, or has power to charm; one that uses or has the power of enchantment. Deuteronomy 18:11.2. One who delights and attracts the affections.
CHARMERESS
CHARMERESS, noun An enchantress.
CHARMFUL
CHARMFUL, adjective Abounding with charms.
CHARMING
CHARMING, participle present tense1. Using charms; enchanting.2.adjective Pleasing n the highest degree; delighting.Music is but an elegant and charming species of elocution.
CHARMINGLY
CHARMINGLY, adverb Delightfully; in a manner to charm, or to give delight.She smiled very charmingly
CHARMINGNESS
CHARMINGNESS, noun The power to please.
CHARMLESS
CHARMLESS, adjective Destitute of charms.
CHARNEL
CHARNEL, adjective Containing flesh or carcasses.
CHARNEL-HOUSE
CHARNEL-HOUSE, noun A place under or near churches, where the bones of the dead are reposited. Anciently, a kind of portico or gallery, in or near a church-yard, over which the ...
CHARON
CHARON, noun In fabulous history, the son of Erebus and Nox, whose office was to ferry the souls of the deceased over the waters of Acheron and Styx, for a piece of money.
CHARR
CHARR, noun A fish, a species of Salmo.
CHARRING
CHARRING, participle present tense Reducing to coal; depriving of volatile matter.
CHARRY
CHARRY, adjective [See Char.] Pertaining to charcoal; like charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.
CHART
CHART, noun A hydrographical or marine map; a draught or projection of some part of the earths superficies on paper, with the coasts, isles, rocks, banks, channels or entrances ...
CHARTER
CHARTER, noun1. A written instrument, executed with usual forms, given as evidence of a grant, contract, or whatever is done between man and man. In its more usual sense, it is ...
CHARTER-LAND
CHARTER-LAND, noun Land held by charter, or in soccage.
CHARTER-PARTY
CHARTER-PARTY, noun In commerce, an agreement respecting the hire of a vessel and the freight. This is to be signed by the proprietor or master of the ship and by the merchant w...
CHARTERED
CHARTERED, participle passive1. Hired or let, as a ship.2. Invested with privileges by charter; privileged.3. Granted by charter; as chartered rights; chartered power.
CHARTERING
CHARTERING, participle present tense1. Giving a charter; establishing by charter.2. Hiring or letting by charter.
CHARTLESS
CHARTLESS, adjective Without a chart; of which no chart has been made; not delineated on paper; as the charless main.
CHARTULARY
CHARTULARY, noun An officer in the ancient Latin church, who had the care of charters and other papers of a public nature. Blackstone uses this word for a record or register, as...