Charon
(Cha"ron) 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.
Charpie
(||Char"pie) n. [F., properly fem. p. p. of OF. charpir, carpir, to pluck, fr. L. carpere. Cf. Carpet.]
(Med.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; — used for surgical dressings.
Charqui
(||Char"qui) 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.
Charr
(Charr) n. See 1st Char.
Charras
(||Char"ras) n. The gum resin of the hemp plant Same as Churrus. Balfour.
Charre
(Charre) n. [LL. charrus a certain weight.] See Charge, n., 17.
Charry
(Char"ry) a. [See 6th Char.] Pertaining to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.
Chart
(Chart) n. [A doublet of card: cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See Card, and cf. Charter.]
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.
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.
3. A written deed; a charter.
Globular chart, a chart constructed on a globular projection. See under Globular. — Heliographic
chart, a map of the sun with its spots. — Mercator's chart, a chart constructed on the principle of
Mercator's projection. See Projection. — 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. — Selenographic chart, a map representing the surface
of the moon. — Topographic chart, a minute delineation of a limited place or region.
Chart
(Chart), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charted.] To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a
coast.
Charta
(||Char"ta) n. [L., leaf of paper. See Chart.] (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
Magna Charta.
Chartaceous
(Char*ta"ceous) a. [L. chartaceus. See Charta.] Resembling paper or parchment; of
paper-like texture; papery.
Charte
(||Charte) n. [F. See Chart.] The constitution, or fundamental law, of the French monarchy, as
established on the restoration of Louis XVIII., in 1814.
Charter
(Char"ter) n. [OF. chartre, F. chartre, charte, fr. L. chartula a little paper, dim. of charta.
See Chart, Card.]
1. A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and
man; a deed, or conveyance. [Archaic]
