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In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.…

A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people; also, a flock under pastoral charge. Joel iii. 2. 1 Peter v. 3.

A magistrate who had charge of religious matters, as at Byzantium. Liddel & Scott.

To commit; to intrust. [Obs.] Yet charge of them was to a porter hight. Spenser.

Rays (chiefly cathode rays) developed by the electric discharge in Hittorf tubes.

A civil officer charged with the duty of impounding hogs running at large. [New Eng.] Bartlett.

Close; closely. How home the charge reaches us, has been made out. South. They come home to men's business and bosoms. Bacon.

A vessel for carrying waste, garbage, etc., out to sea, so constructed as to discharge its load by a mechanical contrivance; -- called also dumping scow. Bell and hopper (Metal.), the apparatus at the top of a blast furnace, through which the charge is introduced, while the gases are retained. -- Hopper boy, a rake in…

A tribunal or commission having charge of the revenue derived from trade and navigation. [China] Hoppo men, Chinese customhouse officers.

The person who takes charge of a locomotive when it is left by the engineer after a trip.

an the rest of the bore, and intended to throw large projectiles with comparatively small charges.

To emit or utter with vehemence or impetuosity; as, to hurl charges or invective. Spenser.

A staith or framework from which coal is discharged from cars into vessels.

The process of washing ore, or of uncovering mineral veins, by a heavy discharge of water from a reservoir; flushing; -- also called booming.

Causing a discharge of water; expelling serum effused into any part of the body, as in dropsy. -- n.

A discharge pipe with a valve and spout at which water may be drawn from the mains of waterworks; a water plug.

An instrument, variously constructed, used for measuring the velocity or discharge of water, as in rivers, from reservoirs, etc., and called by various specific names according to its construction or use, as tachometer, rheometer, hydrometer, pendulum, etc.; a current gauge.

Of or pertaining to measurement of the velocity, discharge, etc., of running water.

An instrument for determining and recording the quantity of water discharged from a pipe, orifice, etc., in a given time.

The art or operation of measuring the velocity or discharge of running water, as in rivers, etc.