Char*tog"ra*pher (?), n., Char`to*graph"ic (&?;), a., Char*tog"ra*phy (&?;), n., etc. Same as Cartographer, Cartographic, Cartography, etc.
Char"to*man`cy (?), n. [L. charta paper + -mancy. Cf. Cartomancy.] Divination by written paper or by cards.
Char*tom"e*ter (?), n. [Chart + -meter.] An instrument for measuring charts or maps.
||Char`treuse" (?), n. [F.] 1. A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.
2. An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at La Grande Chartreuse.
||Char`treux" (?), n. [F.] A Carthusian.
Char"tu*la*ry (?), n. See Cartulary.
Char"wom`an (?), n.; pl. Charwomen (#). [See Char a chore.] A woman hired for odd work or for single days.
Char"y (?), a. [AS. cearig careful, fr. cearu care. See Care.] Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal.
His rising reputation made him more chary of his fame.
Jeffrey.
Cha*ryb"dis (?), n. [L., Gr. &?;.] A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
Chas"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being chased; fit for hunting. Gower.
Chase (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chasing.] [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.] 1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.
We are those which chased you from the field.
Shak.
Philologists, who chase
A panting syllable through time and place.
Cowper.
2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away.
Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place.
Knolles.