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To relieve of a charge, load, or burden; to empty of a load or cargo; to unburden; to unload; as, to discharge a vessel.

One who, or that which, discharges. Specifically, in electricity, an instrument for discharging a Leyden jar, or electrical battery, by making a connection between the two surfaces; a discharging rod.

To free from the influence of a charm or spell; to disenchant. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

To load with a double charge, as of gunpowder.

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.

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.

A genus of South American amaryllidaceous plants with large and beautiful white blossoms.

t of giving thanks; thanksgiving. [Obs.] Led through the vale of tears to the region of eucharist and hallelujahs. South.

Giving thanks; expressing thankfulness; rejoicing. [Obs.] The eucharistical part of our daily devotions. Ray.

A charge, lien, etc., that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from time to time, leaving him more or less free to dispose of or encumber them as if no such charge or lien existed.

A nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad (Steatornis Caripensis, or S. steatornis); -- called also oilbird.

Uncharitable; unfeeling. [Obs.] Shak.

Want of charity. [Obs.] Evelyn.

A variety of small pet dogs, having, drooping ears, a high, dome-shaped forehead, pug nose, large, prominent eyes, and long, wavy hair. The color is usually black and tan.

The great Charter, so called, obtained by the English barons from King John, A. D. 1215. This name is also given to the charter granted to the people of England in the ninth year of Henry III., and confirmed by Edward I.

A character which obeys Mendel's law in regard to its hereditary transmission.

See under Chart, and see Mercator's projection, under Projection.