See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

CHARGE (through the Fr. from the See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or See also:

• WAGON, or WAGGON

wagon; cf. " See also:

• CARGO (Span. for " loading," from Lat. carries, car)

cargo ")  , a load; from this, its See also:

• PRIMARY

primary meaning, also seen in the word " charger," a large dish, come the uses of the word for the See also:

• POWDER (through O. Fr. puldre, modern poudre, from Lat. pulvis, pulveris, dust)

powder and shot to load a See also:

• FIRE (in O. Eng. f j'r; the word is common to West German languages, cf. Dutch vuur, Ger. Feuer; the pre-Teutonic form is seen in Sanskrit pu, pavaka, and Gr. irup; the ultimate origin is usually taken to be a root meaning to purify, cf. Lat. purus)

fire-See also:

• ARM (a common Teutonic word; the Indo-European root is ar, to join or fit; cf. the Lat. armus, shoulder, and the plural word arma, weapons, Gr. apphs, joint, and the reduplicated apapilKSV, to join)

arm, the See also:

• ACCUMULATION (from Lat. accumulare, to heap up)

accumulation of See also:

• ELECTRICITY

electricity in a See also:

• BATTERY (Fr. batterie, from battles, to beat)

battery, the necessary quantity of See also:

• DYNAMITE (Gr. S6eaµis, power)

dynamite or other explosive in See also:

• BLASTING

blasting, and a See also:

• DEVICE

device See also:

• BORNE, KARL LUDWIG (1786–1837)

borne on an See also:

• ESCUTCHEON (0. Fr. escucheon, escusson, modern dcusson, through a Late Lat. form from Lat. Scutum, shield)

escutcheon in See also:

• HERALDRY

heraldry . " See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

Charge " can thus mean a See also:

• BURDEN, or BURTHEN

burden, and so a care or See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty laid upon one, as in " to be in charge " of another . With a transference to that which See also:

• LAYS

lays such a duty on another, " charge " is used of the instructions given by a See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge to a See also:

• JURY

jury, or by a See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop to the See also:

• CLERGY (M.E. clergie, O. Fr. clergie, from Low Lat. form clericia [Skean, by assimilation with O. Fr. clergie, Fr. clerge,from Low Lat. clericatus)
• CLERGY, BENEFIT OF

clergy of his See also:

• DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese . In the See also:

• SPECIAL

special sense of a pecuniary burden the word is used of the See also:

• PRICE
• PRICE, BARTHOLOMEW (1818–1898)
• PRICE, BONAMY (1807-1888)
• PRICE, RICHARD (1723-1791)

price of goods, of an encumbrance on See also:

• PROPERTY

property, and of the expenses of See also:

• RUNNING

running a business . Further uses of the word are of the violent, rushing attack of See also:

• CAVALRY (Fr. cavalerie, Ger. Kavallerie or Reiterei, derived ultimately from late Lat. caballus, horse)

cavalry, or of a See also:

• BULL
• BULL, GEORGE (1634–1710)
• BULL, JOHN (c. 1562–1628)
• BULL, OLE BORNEMANN (18ro-188o)

bull or See also:

• ELEPHANT

elephant, or See also:

• FOOTBALL

football player; hence " charger " is a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse ridden in a charge, or more loosely a horse ridden by an officer, whether of See also:

• INFANTRY

infantry or cavalry .