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Interlaced; linked together; -- said of charges or bearings. See Fretted.

artment of the Interior, that department of the government of the United States which has charge of pensions, patents, public lands and surveys, the Indians, education, etc.; that department of the government of a country which is specially charged with the internal affairs of that country; the home department. -- Sec…

etroleum or kerosene. In all of these the gas is mixed with a definite amount of air, the charge is composed in the cylinder and is then exploded either by a flame of gas (flame ignition -- now little used), by a hot tube (tube ignition) or the like, by an electric spark (electric ignition, the usual method is gasoline…

A person who discharges the royal functions during an interregnum. Holland.

on of, that which belongs to another; -- usually followed by on or upon; as, the king was charged with intrenching on the rights of the nobles, and the nobles were accused of intrenching on the prerogative of the crown. We are not to intrench upon truth in any conversation, but least of all with children. Locke.…

ng anything new; as, a man of invention. They lay no less than a want of invention to his charge; a capital crime, . . . for a poet is a maker. Dryden.

; undefiled; uncorrupted. For thou, be sure, shalt give account To him who sent us, whose charge is to keep This place inviolable, and these from harm. Milton.

ise shipped or sent to a purchaser, consignee, factor, etc., with the value or prices and charges annexed. Wharton.

Issuing or coming up; -- a term used to express a charge or bearing rising or coming out of another.

A discharge of flux, as of blood. Matt. ix. 20.

A discharge of official duty involving frequent change of residence; the custom or practice of discharging official duty in this way; also, a body of persons who thus discharge official duty.

In ordnance, a strengthening band surrounding and reënforcing the tube in which the charge is fired.

The showing in court of a sufficient lawful reason why a party charged or accused did that for which he is called to answer.

To have in custody; to have in some place for preservation; to take charge of. The crown of Stephanus, first king of Hungary, was always kept in the castle of Vicegrade. Knolles.

One who retains in custody; one who has the care of a prison and the charge of prisoners.

A holding; restraint; custody; guard; charge; care; preservation. His happiness is in his own keeping. South.

The recoil of a musket or other firearm, when discharged.

h down. And he kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. Acts vii. 60. As soon as you are dressed, kneel and say the Lord's Prayer. Jer. Taylor.

; to cause to grow together. Nature can not knit the bones while the parts are under a discharge. Wiseman.

An instrument for drawing the charge of a cannon.