charcuterie (-ku-trî), n.f., pork-butcher’s meat; pork-butcher’s business; dressed pork.
charcuti-er, n.m., -ère, n.f., (-tié, -ti-èr), pork-butcher.
chardon, n.m., thistle; spike (on a wall). — aux ânes; cotton-thistle. — à foulon; teasel. — étoilé; star-thistle.
chardonner, v.a., to teasel (cloth).
chardonneret (-do-n-rè), n.m., (orni.) gold-finch; painted-lady, butterfly.
chardonnette or cardonnette, n.f., prickly artichoke.
chardonnière, n.f., thistle-waste.
charge, n.f., load, lading, freight, pack; tax, expense; burden, clog; charge; accusation, imputation, indictment; post; place; office, employment; order, command, commission; custody, care; charge, onset; charge (of a gun); (vet., paint., jur.) charge; exaggeration, caricature. Femme de —; housekeeper. Être à — à quelqu’un; to be a burden upon any one. Cela est à ma —; I have to pay for that. Il faut prendre le bénéfice avec les —s; we must take the good with the bad. Faire une —; (milit.) to charge. Se démettre de sa —; to resign one’s place or office. On a donné trop de — à ce mur; this wall has been overloaded. Sonner la —; to sound the charge. Revenir à la —; to make a new attempt. À la — de, à la — que; upon condition that, provided that. Prendre —; to take in cargo. Rompre —; to break bulk.
chargé, -e, part., loaded, burdened; (print.) foul (of proofs). Dés —s; loaded dice; registered (of a letter). Le temps est —; the weather is overcast. — d’affaires; chargé d’affaires, envoy. — de cours; assistant-lecturer; professor; substitute.
chargeant, -e (-jān, -t), adj., clogging, heavy.