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Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural.

Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome. That we might not be chargeable to any of you. 2. Thess. iii. 8. For the sculptures, which are elegant, were very chargeable. Evelyn.

The quality of being chargeable or expensive. [Obs.] Whitelocke.

At great cost; expensively. [Obs.]

Costly; expensive. [Obs.] The fineness of the gold and chargeful fashion. Shak.

. [Obs.] With charm of earliest birds. Milton. Free liberty to chant our charms at will. Spenser.

To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly. Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser.

The jaw. [Obs.] Spenser. Chaw bacon, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law) -- Chaw tooth, a grinder. (Law)

One who cheapens.

een (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

Gilded leather. [Obs.] Spenser.

in a cheerful disposition. Shak. The cheerful birds of sundry kind Do chant sweet music. Spenser. A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay. This general applause and cheerful shout. Shak.

Cheer"less*ly, adv. -- Cheer"less*ness, n. My cheerful day is turned to cheerles night. Spenser.

Encouragement; comfort. [Obs.] Rich bounty and dear cherishment. Spenser.

Achievement; deed; performance. [Obs.] Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. Spenser.

in the game of poker. To chip in, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]

allant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous. In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. Spenser.

Making choices; fickle. [Obs.] His choiceful sense with every change doth fit. Spenser.

A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.

A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc.