Vocabulary : Charbon to Chargeant
Charbon : A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated. ;; A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. See Maligmant pustule.Charcoal : Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes. ;; Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement.
Chard : The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use. ;; A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.
Chare : To perform; to do; to finish. ;; To work or hew, as stone. ;; To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs. ;; A narrow street. ;; A chore; to chore; to do. See Char.
Charge : To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill. ;; To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent. ;; To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for. ;; To fix or demand as a price; as, he charges two dollars a barrel for apples. ;; To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as, to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one. ;; To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge. ;; To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of. ;; To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc. ;; To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to cha