2. Yellow rosin 1 lb. Bees-wax 8 oz. Common turpentine 2 oz. Armenian bole, powdered 4 oz.—Mix. The first three are to be melted together, and then the latter is to be added. The mixture is to be constantly stirred until sufficiently cold to be applied; and if it prove too thick when cold, it may be softened with a little oil or lard. CHARGER, _s._ an officer’s horse. CHARIOT, _s._ A carriage of pleasure, or state. CHARMER, _s._ One that has the power of charms, or enchantments. _The Charmer._—That individuals have exercised a powerful and unaccountable influence on the most unmanageable animals, by means which still remain a mystery, is certain. The most remarkable case on record, is that of an Irish blacksmith, who, by an undiscovered agency, could subdue the most vicious horses. He asserted, that this was effected by merely whispering in the animal’s ear some potent spell, and hence he gained the title of _the charmer_. This power over the most desperate horses was so often put to the test, that all doubt is idle. He never refused to enter the stable of horses that to all besides were unapproachable, and after a short tête-à-tête, the animal would be found trembling and subdued, and while every limb appeared convulsed with terror _the charmer_ would pass under his belly, lift his feet, or do any thing he was required. In his repeated experiments upon the most savage horses, _the charmer_ never received any injury, or failed in subduing the animal. Many attempts have been made to account for the means by which this influence was obtained. The general belief was, that some powerful drug was passed by the exorciser into the horse’s ear; but by what means was he enabled to approach sufficiently close to a furious brute to administer it? It is singular that though _the charmer_ was a miserable and poverty-stricken wretch, no bribe could induce him to communicate the charm—if it was one—and though immense sums of money were offered, he carried the secret with him to the grave! CHASE, _v._ To hunt, to pursue; to drive. CHASE, _s._ Hunting, pursuit of anything as game; fitness to be hunted; pursuit of something as desirable; hunting match; the game hunted; open ground stored with such beasts as are hunted; the chase of a gun, is the whole bore or length of a piece. CHASER, _s._ Hunter, pursuer, driver. CHECK, _s._ Restraint, curb; in falconry, when a hawk forsakes the proper game to follow other birds; the cause of restraint; a stop. When hounds divide and are in two parts, the whipper-in must wait for the huntsman’s halloo before he stops either. If there are many scents, and it is quite uncertain which is the hunted fox, he should stop those hounds that are the farthest down the wind, as they can hear the others, and will reach them soonest.