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Show aftronomical inftruments, geographical char¢, an Arbuthnot compaffes CHA'RTER. n. /. [charta, Latin. 1. A charteris a written evidence of thing 3 oe fhal b 1 pannelled on a jury ; charter of pardon whereby a man is forgiven a felony, o ) Corvell. other offence . Any writing beftowing privileges o rights Here was that charter feal'd, wherein the crow All marks of arbitrary power lays down. Denbam She thakes the rubbifh from her mounting brow And feems to have renew'd her charter's date ‘Which heav'n will to the death of time allow D)‘)'({:.'n God renewed this charter of man's fovereignt over the creatures Sauth 3. Privilege immunity exemption I muft have liberty Withal as large a charzer as the wind To blow on whom I pleafe; for fo fools have And they that are moft galied with my folly They moft muft laugh "Shakefpeare My mother ‘Who has a charter to extol her blood When fhe does praife me, grieves me Shakefp CHARTER-PARTY. . [ [chartre pariie Fr.] A paper relating to a contra&, o which each party has a copy Charter-parties, or contraéts, made even upon th high fea, touching things that are not in thei own nature maritime, belong not to the admiral' Jjurifdiétion Hale CHA'RTERED. adj. [from charter.] Invefted with privileges by charter; privileged When he fpeak - The air, a charter'd libertine, is till Shake[p Cua'ry. adj. [from care.] Careful; cau" tious; wary; frogal Over his kindred he held a wary and char care, which bountifully was exprefled, when occafion fo required Careaw's Surwey of Cornwvall The charieft maid is prodigal enough < If fhe unmafk her beauty to the moon Shake[p 70 CHASE. @. a. [chaffer, Fr. 1, To hunt It fhall be as the chafed roec Haiab Mine enemies chafed me fore like a bird 2. To purfue as an enemy . And Abimelech chafed him him Lamentations and he fled befor Fudges One ofyou fhall chafe a thoufand. Deuteronomy 3. To drive away He that chafeth away his mother, is a fon tha < caufeth thame Proverbs 4. To follow as a thing defirable 5. To drive Thus chafed by their brother's endlefs: malic from prince to prince, and from place to place - they, for their fafety, fled at laft to the city o Bifennis Knolles's Hiftory of the Turks When the following morn had chas'd awa The flying frars, and light reftor'd the day. Dr) 7o Crase Motals Sec To Excnnse 1. Hunting ; as, the pleafures of the cbaf 1. A breach unclofed; a cleft; a gap an opening 71./ [xcfia',u.ac. In all that vifible corporeal world, we fee n chafms or gaps Locke ‘The water of this orb communicates with tha of th ocean chafm paffing betwixt it and the bottom of th one end of the world to another, and never to lof ocean Woodward fight of it till it fall into eternity Burnet's Theory of the Earth Horx~ible chafm ! profound There is no chafe more pleafant, methinks than to drive a thought, by good conduét, fro em If you deny it, let the danger ligh Upon your charter, and your city's freedom. Shat It is not to be wondered, that the great charte whereby God beftowed the whole earth upon Adam and confirmed it unto the fons of Noah, being a brief in word as large in effe@, hath bred muc Raleigh's EfJays quarrel of interpretation CuaswM Whilft he was hat'ning in the chafe, it feems Of this fair couple, meets he on the wa The father of this feeming lady Shakefpeare or to any body politick: as a charter o that no ma Cuase. n /. [from the verb. 2. Purfuit of any thing as game Charter done between man and man are divided into charters of the king and charters of private perfons. Charter of the king are thofe, whereby the kin pafleth any grant to any perfon or more, exemption 280 CH 3. Fitnefs to be hunted; appropriation t chafe or fport Concerning the beafts ef chafe, whereof the buc is the firft, he is called the firft year a fawn. Shak A maid I am, and of thy virgin train Oh! let me ftill that fpotlefs name retain Frequent the forefts, thy chafte will obey And only make the beafts of chafe my prey. Dryd 4. Purfuit of an enemy noxious or of fomethin The admiral, with fuch fhips only as could fuddenly be put in readinefs, made forth with them and fuch as came daily in, we fet upon them, an gave them chafe Bacon He fallied out upon them with certain troops o horfemen, wit fuch violence that he overthre them, and, having them in chafe, did fpeedy execution Kinolles's Hiftory of the Turks They feek that joy, which usd to glo Expanded on the hero's face When the thick fquadrons preft the foe And William led the glorious chafe 5. Purfnit of fomething as defirable Prior Yet this mad chafe of fame, by few purfued Has drawn deftruction on the muititude Dryden's Fuwenal 6. The game hunted She, feeing the towering of bLer purfued chafe went circling about, rifing fo with the lefs fenfe o . rifing Sidney Hold, Warwick ! feek thee out fome other chafe For I myfelf muft put this deer to death Shak Honour 's the nobleft chafe; purfue that game And recompenfk the lofs of love with fame Granwville 7. Open ground flored with fuch beafts a are hunted A receptacle for deer and game, of2 middle nature between a foreft and a park; being commonl lefs than a foreft, and not endued with fo man liberties5 and yet of-a larger compafs, and ftore with greater diverfity of game, than a park. chafe differs from a foreft in this, becaufe it ma be iix the hands of a fubje&t, which a foreft in it proper nature, cannot: and from a park, in thati is not inclofed, and hath not only a larger compafs and more ftore of game, but likewife more keeper and overfeers Cowell He and his lady both are at the lodge Upon the north fide of this pleafant chafe. Shai 8. The CuASE of a gun, 1s the whole bor or length of a piece, taken withinfide Chambers Cuase-cun. z /[ [from chafe and gun. Guns iy the forepart of the thip, fire upon thofe that are purfued Mean time the Belgians tack upon our rear And raking chafe-guns through our ftern they fend Diryden Cua'ser, z /. [from chafe. 1. Hunter ; purfuer Then bega A ftop 1' 'th® chafer, a retire; ano A rout, confufion thick Shakefpeare So faft he flies, that his reviewing ey Has loft the chafers, and his ear the cry. Denban Stretch'd on the lawn, his fecond hope furvey At once the chafer, and at once the prey Lo, Rufus, tugging at the deadly dart z. An enchafer mean of certai hiatufes o The ground aduft her riv'n mouth difparts Philips 2. A place unfilled ; a vacuity Some lazy ages, loft in eafe No action leave to bufy chronicles Such, whofe fupine felicity but make In ftory chafms, in epochas miftakes Drydes CHA'SSELAS. n. /. [French. grape CHASTE. adj A fort o [chafle, Fr. caftus, Lat. 1. Pure from all commerce of fexes; as, chafte virgin Diana chaffe, and Hebe fair Prior 2, With refpeét to language, pure; uncorrupt; not mixed with barbarou phrafes 3. Free from obfcenity Among words which fignify the fame principa ideas, fome are clean and decent, others unclean fome chafte, others obfcene Watts's Logick 4. True to the marriage bed Love your children ; be difcreet, chaffe, keeper at home Titus CuasTE-TREE 7 / [witex, Lat. This tree will grow to be eight or ten fee high, and produce fpikes of flowers at the extremity of every ftrong fhoot in autumn Miller To CHA'STEN. v. a. [chaftier, Fr. caftigs Lat. tify To correét ; to punifh ; to mor Chaflen thy fon while there is hope, and let no thy foul fpare for his crying I follow thee, fafe guide! the pat Proverbs Tho of heav' lead'ft me fubmit an However chafP'ning t th han Milton's Paradife Loft Some feel the rod And own, like us, the father's chaff'ning hand Rowe From our loft purfuit the wills to hid Her clofe decrees, and chaften human pride. Prior 7o CHASTI'SE. v.a. [caffigo, Lat. anciently accented on the firft fyllable now on the laft. 1. To punifh ; to corret by punifhment to afli& for faults My breaft I'll burft with ftraining of my courage But I will chaftife this high-minded ftrumpet Shake[peare I am glad to fee the vanity or envy of the canting chymifts thus difcovered and chaftifed Boyle Seldom is the world affrighted or chafifed wit figns or prodigies, earthquakes or inundations, famines or plagues Grew's Cofmologia Sacra Like you, commiffion'd to chaflife and blefs He muft avenge the world, and give it peace. Prior 2. To reduce to order, or obedience; t reprefs ; to reftrain; to awe Hie thee hither That ¥ may pour my {pirits in thine ear driver ! Bleeds in the foreft like a wounded harg b Lope And chaffife, with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee Shakefpearec clean.sh data import.tsv out README Know, Sir, that ‘Will not wait pinion'd at your mafter's court Nor once be chaftis'd with the fober ey Of dull O&avia Shakefpeare The gay focial fenf By decency chaftis'd Thowfor CuasTi'sEMENT. 7 /. [chaftiment, Fr. Correflion ; punifhment ; commonly thoug |