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ˈsubcharge [sub- 5 b, c.] †1. A second dish or course. Also fig. Sc. Obs.
c1480Henryson Mor. Fab. ii. (Town & C. Mouse) xviii, Till eik thair cheir ane subcharge furth scho brocht, Ane plait of grottis [etc.]. Ibid. xxvii, The subcharge of thy seruice is bot sair. 1513Douglas æneid xiii. ix. 118 All ar expert, eftir new mariage, On the first nycht quhat suld be the subcharge. 2. Subordinate charge.
1900Century Mag. Feb. 503/2, I have seen M. Clémenceau as storm-fiend-in-chief, and M. Clovis Hugues in sub⁓charge of the Cave of the Winds. |