CHARIVARI
Cha*ri`va*ri", n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult.
Note: It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time.
CHARK
Chark, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. charcoal.]
Defn: Charcoal; a cinder. [Obs.] DeFoe.
CHARK
Chark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charked.]
Defn: To burn to a coal; to char. [Obs.]
CHARLATAN Char"la*tan, n. Etym: [F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano, fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. zirlare to whistle like a thrush.]
Defn: One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
CHARLATANIC; CHARLATANICAL
Char`la*tan"ic, Char`la*tan"ic*al, a.