Chariot branslant. The Waggon, Coach, or Caroache, that hangs by leathers; a hanging Chariot. Compagnon bien parlant vaut en chemin chariot branslant: Prov. Agrees with the Latine, Comes facundus in via pro vehiculo est. Qui n'a cheval ne chariot, il ne charge pas quand il veut: Pro. Hee often wants of his will, that wants wherewithall.
Chariotage: m. Waggonnage; the riding in, or carrying by, wagons, &c.
Chariotte: f. A small Chariot, or toy that runs on wheeles, and teaches, or helps young chindren to goe; also, a kind of Litter borne vp by an axletree, and two wheeles; vsed heretofore by citizens wiues, who were not able, or not allowed to keepe ordinarie Litters.
Charitable: com. Charitable; bountifull to the poore, liberall to the needie, mercifull to those in miserie; good vnto all.
Charitatif: m. iue: f. as Charitable; also, doing charitable deeds; or, inclining vnto charitie. Charité: f. Charitie, loue, mercifulnesse; pitie on, goodnesse vnto, the afflicted, or poore; also, loue, or good will vnto, agreement or concord with, neighbours; heartiefriendlinesse maintained, good offices continued vnto, or among, all; also, a bad word giuen, imputation cast on, ill turne done one; and hence; Ce sont des charitez qu'il m'a monstré. Such are the fauors, and friendlie offices which he hath done me in my absence; (Ironically.) Il cerche trop bas la charité en fouillant si prés des festes. Charitie is too high a vertue to be looked for so low as the buttocks. Charité oingt, & peché poinct: Pro. Charitie comforteth, sinne afflicteth.
Charivaris: m. A publicke defamation, or traducing of; a foule noise made, blacke Santus rung, to the shame, and disgrace of another; hence, an infamous (or infaming) ballade sung, by an armed troupe, vnder the window of an old dotard married, the day before, vnto a young wanton, in mockerie of them both; also, a manner of catching, or killing of Stockdoues by night. Charivaris de poelles. The carting of an infamous person, graced with the harmonie of tinging kettles, and frying-pan Musicke.
Charlaïde. Stout, valiant, warlike; resembling, or holding of, Charles; (a name, wherein the French (by reason of the worth of some kings of theirs) do very much glorie.)
Charlatan: m. A Mountebanke, a cousening drug-seller, a pratling quack-saluer, a tatler, babler, foolish prater, or commender of trifles.
Charlataner. To cousen, beguile, gull; cog, foist; play the Mountebanke; to prattle, bable, tattle foolishly.
Charlatanerie: f. Cousening, or gulling speech; cogging, foisting, lying; extreme commendation of a trifle, thereby to make it the more saleable.
Charlater. Looke Charlataner. Charlaterie: f. Charlatisme; or, as Charlatanerie. Charlot: m. A Curlew.
Charme: m. The Yoake tree, Yoake Elme, Horn-beame, Witch-hasell, Hard-beame; also, a Charme, Spell, Incantation, Enchantment; also, a Stuble ground.
Charmeau: m. A young, or little Yoake tree.
Charme-cœur. Rauishing, heart-charming, thoughts-inchaunting.
Charme-peine. Griefe-charming, ache-inchaunting, paine-appeasing.
Charmer. To charme; to inchaunt.
Charmeresse: f. An Inchauntresse, Witch, or Wizard.
Charme-soing. Care-inchaunting, paines-allaying.
Charme-souci. Comforting, care-charming, cark-appeasing.
Charmeur: m. A Charmer, an Inchaunter, a Wizard.
Charmeusement. Charmingly, inchauntingly.
Charmoye: f. A groue of Yoakes, or of Horne-beame trees.
Charnage: m. Flesh-time; the season wherein flesh is eaten; also, flesh, or flesh-meat.
Charnalité: f. Sensualitie, fleshlinesse, carnallnesse.
Charnaut: m. Flesh-time; the season wherein flesh may be eaten.
Charnié: m. A stake, prop, stay, pole, to support a Vine.
Charnie: f. A Plaine, Downe, open, or vninclosed, ground.
Charnier: m. A Churchyard, or chanell house; a place wherein dead bodies are layd, or their bones kept; also, a little stake, pole, or prop; also, a poudering tub; and hence; Plus rouillé que la claveure d'un vieil charnier; &, Le visage leur reluisoit comme la claveure d'un charnier. Seeke Claveure. Il fera trembler le lard au charnier. He will doe wonders; or, he will terrifie them wonderfully. (Ironically.)
Charniere: f. A hindge; also, a knuckle, or turning ioynt; also, a certaine Deuice, or Engine, whereby a woodden leg, or arme is made to moue; also, as Chardonnereau. La charniere des genoux. The whall-bone, or whirle-bone, of the knees.
Charnu: m. uë: f. Fleshie; grosse, corpulent, quarrie, thicke. Capeau charnu. The sea Nettle.
Charnure: f. Brawne, fleshinesse, fulnesse of flesh, the substance of bonelesse flesh; the fleshie parts of the bodie. La charnure d'herbes. Their pith, or pulpe; or the knottie, or big swelling of (some of) their staulkes, and rootes.
Charongne: f. A carrion; a stinking carkas; putrified flesh.
Charongneux: m. euse: f. Full of carrion; stinking of raw, and putrified, flesh.
Charongnier: m. ere: f. Affecting, or feeding on, carrion; as Kites, Curres, &c.
Charopper. To boyle one sort of liquor nine or ten times ouer; (a word most vsed by Syrrop-makers.)
Charpentailler. To cut, hack, hew; as a Carpenter doth Tymber.
Charpentaire: f. as Herbe au Charpentier; also, the sea-Onyon. Charpente: f. A frame of Tymber (for a house, &c.) Bois de charpente. Tymber.
Charpenté: m. ée: f. Wrought, or built, by a Carpenter; made, or framed of Tymber; also, cut, or hewed, as Tymber by a Carpenter; and hence; hacked, slashed, mangled, or wounded (in manie places of the bodie.)
Charpenter. To play the Carpenter, worke Carpenters worke; make, build, or frame, of Tymber; also, to cut, or hew as Carpenters doe Tymber; and hence; to hacke, slash, mangle, or wound in many places of the bodie; also, to rumble, or make a great noise in a roome, by remouing of heauie things.
