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▪ I. † ˈchargeant, a. Obs.
Also 4–5 chargeaunt(e.
[a. F. chargeant charging: see -ant1, -ant2.]
1. Burdensome, onerous.
c1340Gaw. & Gr. Knt. 1604 Of þat chargeaunt chace þat were chef huntes. 1401Pol. Poems (1859) II. 106 And if freris ben combrouse, preestis ben wel more; or ellis telle..Whi the toon is chargeaunt more than the tother. c1440Promp. Parv. 69 Charyawnt, onerosus. 1440J. Shirley Dethe K. James (1818) 7 Imposicions upon his people, gretter and more chargeant then ever.
2. Cookery. ? Thick.
c1425Cookery Bk. liv. (Harl. MS. 279) Make it chargeaunt, and coloure it wyth safroun. Ibid. 21 Late it boyle wyl tille it be as chargeaunt as it may. a1440Douce MS. 55 fol. 67 b, Loke that be natt so chargeant butt att a man may powre it out of the bolle. a1500Noble Bk. Cookery (Napier 1882) 90 When it boilithe let it not be chargant.
▪ II. chargeant, n.|ˈtʃɑːdʒənt|
[see prec.]
One who has a charge upon an estate; = chargee.
1887Scott. Leader 14 Sept. 4 Attempts to defraud the mortgagees and family chargeants on their estates. |