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To seat in a chair. Tennyson.

To make run in a channel. "Its waters were enchanneled." Sir D. Brewster.

To charm by sorcery; to act on by enchantment; to get control of by magical words and rites. And now about the caldron sing, Like elves and fairies in a ring, Enchanting all that you put in. Shak. He is enchanted, cannot speak. Tennyson.

Under the power of enchantment; possessed or exercised by enchanters; as, an enchanted castle.

One who enchants; a sorcerer or magician; also, one who delights as by an enchantment. Like ghosts from an enchanter fleeing. Shelley. Enchanter's nightshade (Bot.), a genus (Circæa) of low inconspicuous, perennial plants, found in damp, shady places.

Having a power of enchantment; charming; fascinating. -- En*chant"ing*ly, adv.

The act of enchanting; the production of certain wonderful effects by the aid of demons, or the agency of supposed spirits; the use of magic arts, spells, or charms; incantation. After the last enchantment you did here. Shak.

A woman versed in magical arts; a sorceress; also, a woman who fascinates. Shak.

To charge (with); to impose (a charge) upon. His countenance would express the spirit and the passion of the part he was encharged with. Jeffrey.

round with an ornamental casing, as a gem with gold; to encircle; to inclose; to adorn. Enchased with a wanton ivy twine. Spenser. An precious stones, in studs of gold enchased, The shaggy velvet of his buskins graced. Mickle.

One who enchases.

To chasten. [Obs.]

Pertaining to, or consisting of, entrochites, or the joints of encrinites; -- used of a kind of stone or marble.

See Epoch. J. Adams.

Belonging to an epoch; of the nature of an epoch. "Epochal points." Shedd.

See Shallot.

A dry slough, crust, or scab, which separates from the healthy part of the body, as that produced by a burn, or the application of caustics.

A genus of Bryozoa which produce delicate corals, often incrusting like lichens, but sometimes branched.

Like, or pertaining to, the genus Eschara, or family Escharidæ.

Serving or tending to form an eschar;; producing a scar; caustic.