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Webster 1913 Edition
Charnel
Char′nel
,Adj.
Containing the bodies of the dead.
“Charnel vaults.” Milton.
Charnel house
, a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.
Char′nel
,Noun.
A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
In their proud
charnel
of Thermopylæ. Byron.
Webster 1828 Edition
Charnel
CHARNEL
,Adj.