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Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.

A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France.

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.

nstruction on the words and actions of others. The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. Buckminster.

ment in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges. The king [John, a.d. 1215], with a facility somewhat suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the "Great Charter," either gran…

he close of the Canadian period of the American Lower Silurian system; -- so named from a township in Clinton Co., New York. See the Diagram under Geology.

rd (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin.

cks, often resemble Queen Anne. In chairs, the seat is widened at the front, and the back toward the top widened and bent backward, except in Chinese Chippendale, in which the backs are usually rectangular. -- Chip"pen*dal*ism (#), n.

as two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.

Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion. J. W. Chadwick.

he measure of a line round an area. The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles. J. Stow.

Travelling from house to house or from town to town; itinerant. [Obs.] "Circulatorious jugglers." Barrow.

A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- used contemptuously. "Insulted as a cit". Johnson Which past endurance sting the tender cit. Emerson.

Belonging to, or resembling, a city. "Smoky, citied towns" [R.] Drayton.

An inhabitant of a city; a townsman. Shak.

A large town.

civil affairs. Civic crown (Rom. Antiq.), a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns, bestowed on a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle.

ulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively. The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. Tennyson.

Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. "Hold still thy clatter." Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ). Throw by your clatter And handle the matter. B. Jonson

Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top.