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An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.

Office if a chamberlain.

The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.

g, as by bringing the hollow of one foot against the heel of the other, and then stepping off with the foot which is in advance.

An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.

e 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general and staff officers.

A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey.

A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood. His head and face covered with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through. Howell.

A clergyman who is officially atteched to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service.

The office, position, or station of a chaplain. Swift.

The office or business of a chaplain. The Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship. Milton.

Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.

Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty. 'Tis a great charge to come under one body's hand. Shak.

The office of a chargé d'affaires.

The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions. Shak.

l contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below. Charter land (O. Eng. Law), land held by charter, or in socage; bookland. -- Charter member, one of the original members of a society or corporation, esp. one named in a char…

rsue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away. Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. Knolles.

ars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak. I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.

To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. Pope. My proffered love has cheapened me. Dryden.

feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. -- To take check, to take offense. [Obs.] Dryden.