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Show CH Get three or four char-quomen to attend yo conftantly in the kitchen, whom you pay onl with the broken meat cinders CHA'RACTER onea:n'};g. 1. A mark a few coals, and all th Swift ». J a ftamp [charaéter Lat a reprefentation In outward alfo her refembling lef His image, who made both ; and lefs expreflin The charaéter of that dominion giv' O'er other creatures Paradife Lof 2, A letter ufed in writing or printing But his neat cookery ! mm---- He cut our roots in charaters Shakefpeare The purpofe is perfpicuous, even as fubftanc ‘Whofe grofinefs little charaéters fum up Shake/p It were much to be wifhed, that there wer throughout the world but one fort of charaéter fo each letter, to exprefs it to the eye; and that ex atly proportioned to the natural alphabet forme in the mouth Holder's Elements of Speech 3. The hand or manner of writing 1 fourd the letter thrown in at the cafement o my clofet.-You know the charaéfer to be you Shakefpeare brother's 4. A reprefentation of any man as to hi perfonal qualities Each drew fair charatters, yet non Of thefe. they feign'd excels their own Denbam Homer has excelled all the heroick poets tha ever wrote, in the multitude and variety of hi charatlers; every god that is admitted into hi poem, aéts a part which would have been fuitable to no other deity Addifon 5. An account of any thing as good or bad This fubterraneous paffage is much mended fince Seneca gave fo bad a charaéter of it Addifon on Italy 6. The perfon with his affemblage of qualities ; a perfonage In a tragedy, or epick poem, the hero of th piece muft be advanced foremoft to the view o the reader or fpectator; he muft outfhine the ref of all the charaéfers ; he muft appear the prince o them, like the fun in the Copernican fyftem, encompafled with the Jefs noble planets Dryden 7. Perfonal qualities; particular conftitution of the mind Nothing fo true as what you once let fall Moft women have no charasfers at all Pope 8. Adventitious qualities imprefie poit or office by Th chief honour of the magiftrate confifts i maintaining the dignity of his characfer by fuitabl a&tions Atterbury _95 Cua'rACTER. @. 4. [from the noun. To infcribe ; to engrave. It feems t have had the accen fecond fyllable formerl on th Thefe few preceptsin thy memor See thou charalier Shakefpeare Shew nie one {car charaier'd on thy fkin. Shak O Rofalind ! thefe trees shall be my books And in their barks my thoughts T'll character Sbakefpeare "The pleafing poifo The vifage quite transforms of him that drinks And the inglorious likenefs of a beaf Fixes inftead, unmoulding reafon's mintage Charaéicr'd in the face Milton CHARACTERI'STICAL. adj. [from charalterize.] That which conftitutes th charatter, or marks the peculiar properties, of any perfon or thing raifes our admiration Dryden CuaracTERrRISTICALNESS. & / charatteriftical.] 'The quality o peculiar to a charater ; markin racter CuaracTERIsTICK. 7. /. Tha conftitute th chara&er tha whic And the captain of the guard chay aith them, and he ferved them gedcff':;e?} What you have charged me with, that| Hab done My father's, mother's, brother's deat Of innocent and kindved blood ftruck off My prayers and penance fhall difcount for thef And beg of Heav'n to charge the bill on me, Dr_y'd 3. To impute : with on before the perfo to whom any thing is imputed No more accufe thy pen, butcharge the crim On native floth, and negligence of time. Dy Itis eafy to account for the difficulties he charge on the peripatetick doctrine Locke Itis not barely the ploughman's pains ; the reap raclter. 1. To give a chara&er or an account o the perfonal qualities of any man er's and threfher's toil, and the baker's fweat, is t be counted into the bread we eat; the plough, mill oven, or any other utenfils, muft all be charged o that we have avoide the account of labour Locke Perverfe mankind ! whofe wills, created frce Charge all their woes on abfolute decree All to the dooming gods their guilt tranflate publickly to charatterize any perfon, without lon experience Savift 2. To engrave, or imprint They may be called anticipations, prenotions or fentiments charaflerized and engraven in th foul, born with it, and growing up with it Hule's Origin of Mankind 3. To mar token with a particular ftamp o And follies are mifcall'd the crimes of fate, Pope We charge that zpon neceflity, which was reall defired and chofen CuA'RACTERLESS. adj. [from charalter. Without a charalter ‘When water-drops have worn the ftones of Troy And blind oblivion fwallow'd cities up And mighty ftates characZerlefs are grate To dufty nothing Shake[peare CHA'RACTERY 7. [ [fro anciently on the fecond fyllable Fairies ufe flowers for their charactery. Shakefp All my engagements I will conftrue to thee All the charaélery of my fad brows Cra'rcoar n./ to be derived from char, bufinefs ; but by Mr. Lye, from To chark, to burn. Coal made by burning woed under turf It is ufed in preparing metals Seacoal lafts longer than charcoal; and charcoal of ‘roots, being coaled into great pieces, laft longer than ordinary charcoal. Bacon's Nat. Hift Love is a fire that burns and fparkle In men as nat'rally as in charcoals Which footy chymifts ftop-in holes ‘When out of wood they extraét coals. Hudibras Is there who, lock'd from ink and paper, ferawl With defp'rate charcoal round his darken'd walls Pope Cuarbp n. [, [charde, French. 1. Chards of artichokes, are the leaves o fair artichoke plants, tied and wrappe up all over but the top, in ftraw, durin the autumn and winter ; this makes the grow white, and lofe {ome of their bitternefs Chambers 2. Chards of beet, are plants of whit beet tranfplanted, producing great tops tured to prefix that charaéferiffick diftin&ion Woodward on Foffils The fhining quality of an epick hero, his magnanimity, his conftancy, his patience, his piety, o for a cer 1. To entruft 5 to commiflio 5. To impofe as a talk : it has awith be fore the thing impofed The gofpel chargeth us with piety towards God and juftice and charity to men, and temperanc and chaftity in reference to ourfelves. Tillotfr 6. To accufe; to cenfure Speaking thus to you,I am fo far from chargin you as guilty in this matter, that I can fincerel fay, I believ the exhortation wholly needlefs Wake's Preparation for Death 7. To accufe : it has wvizh before the crime Fa And his angels he charged with folly 8. To challenge The prieft fhall charge her by an oath, Numbers Shake[peare [imagined by Skinne Wans's Logick He was fo great an encourager of commetce that he charged himfelf with all the fearifk of fuc veflels as carried corn to Rome in winter Arbuthnot on Cains charalter. Impreffion ; mark ; diftinétion : accente 4. To impute to, as coft or hazard There are faces not only individual, but gentilitious and national ; European, Afiatick, Chinefe, African, and Grecian faces are charaéterized Arbuthno on Air pardon That's fomewhat fure; a mighty fum of murder This vaft invention exerts itfelf in Homer, in It is fome commendation Shakefsonrs the debtor diftinguifhes any thing or perfon fro others CraracTerI'sTICK of a Logarithm The fame with the index or exponent 7o CHA'RACTERIZE. @. a. [from cha 2. To impute as a debt: with oz b@for whic manner fuperiour to that of any poet; it is ‘th great and peculiar charaferiftick which diftinguifhe Pope him from all others thing entrufted [fro bein a cha which, in the midft, have a large, white thick, downy, and cotton-like mai fhoot, which is the true chard. Mortimer 7o CHARGE. @. a. [charger, Fr. caricare, Ital. from carrus, Lat. There are feveral others that I take to hav been likewife fuch, to which yet I have not ven tain purpofe : it has with before whatever charaieriflical virtue his poet gives him Thou canft not, cardinal, devife a nam So flight, unworthy, and ridiculous To chargeme to an anfwer as the pope. - Shakefp 9. To command ; to enjoin I may not fuffer you to vifit them The king hath triétly charg'd the contrary. Sha Why doft thou turn thy face? I charge thee anfwe Dryden To what I fhall enquire I charge thee, ftand And tell thy name, and bufinefs in the lands Dryd to attack 10. To fall upon With his prepared fword he charges hom My unprovided body, lanc'd my arm L?baktf[" The Grecians rally, ard their pow'rs unite With fury charge us, and renew the fight. Dryd 11 To burden ; to load Here's the fmell of blood ftill; all the perfume of Arabia will not fweete oh ! oh!--Wha O this little hand a figh is there! The hearti Shake[peare forely charged When often urg'd, unwilling to be great Your country calls you from your lov'd retreat And fends to fenates, charg'd with common caré ‘Which none more thuns, and none can better bear ? Drydc{ Meat fwallowed down for pleafure and. grecd} uqxf fume o ftomach th charge onl nefs ;( brain A fault in the ordinary method of e.ducatlon, a rule wit memoxie children' o chargin th ‘Lm precepts The brief with weighty crimes was cbarg Sd' On which the pleader much enlargd 12, T |