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The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge. Never, in any other war afore, gave the Romans a hotter charge upon the enemies. Holland. The charge of the light brigade. Tennyson.

One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements.

pon a bank. -- Check hook, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. -- Check list, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. -- Check nut (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. Knight. -- Check valve (Mech.),…

A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.

gulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.

A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan.

Whooping cough.

A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail. (c.)

An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. Knight.

the ground; as distinguished from champlevé enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. S. Wells Williams.

Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]

ed by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat. -- Coat of mail, a defensive garment of chain mail. See Chain mail, under Chain. -- Mast coat (Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water fr…

over or dress with, or as with, a coif. And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers. J. G. Cooper.

A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning. The foxe, maister of collusion. Spenser. That they [miracles] be done publicly, in the face of the world, that there may be no room to suspect artifice and collusion. Atterbury. By the ig…

A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy.

A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.

Serving to commemorate; commomerative. Bp. Hooper.

An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.] Washington wrote to the President of Congress . . . urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artiller…

A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.

To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism] "In one troop compelled." Dryden.