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A melody; a song. [Obs.] With charm of earliest birds. Milton. Free liberty to chant our charms at will. Spenser.

A fruitful field. Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest. Isa. xxix. 17 (Douay version).

One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician. Deut. xviii. 11.

An enchantress. Chaucer.

Abounding with charms. "His charmful lyre." Cowley.

Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive. How charming is divine philosophy. Milton.

Destitute of charms. Swift.

To charm; to captivate.

To destroy the effect of a charm upon.

To free from a charm; to disenchant.

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

To release from a charm, fascination, or secret power; to disenchant. Beau. & Fl.

A mystical word used as a charm and engraved on gems among the ancients; also, a gem stone thus engraved.

n or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses. That author . . . has an agreeableness that charms us. Pope.

potassa used for ague. -- Ague fit, a fit of the ague. Shak. -- Ague spell, a spell or charm against ague. Gay. -- Ague tree, the sassafras, -- sometimes so called from the use of its root formerly, in cases of ague. [Obs.]

Symbolically: Something unsubstantial, light, or volatile. "Charm ache with air." Shak. He was still all air and fire. Macaulay . [Air and fire being the finer and quicker elements as opposed to earth and water.]

That allures; attracting; charming; tempting. -- Al*lur"ing*ly, adv. -- Al*lur"ing*ness, n.

An ornament, gem, or scroll, or a package containing a relic, etc., worn as a charm or preservative against evils or mischief, such as diseases and witchcraft, and generally inscribed with mystic forms or characters.

Of or pertaining to an amulet; operating as a charm.

ty with artillery. No rude noise mine ears assailing. Cowper. No storm can now assail The charm he wears within. Keble.