CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song)

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CHARM (through the Fr. from the Lat. carmen, a song) , an

incantation

INCANTATION

, verses sung with supposed magical results, hence anything possessing

powers

POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

of bringing

good

GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

luck

LUCK

or averting evil, particularly articles worn with that purpose, such as an

amulet

AMULET (Late Lat. amuletum, origin unknown; falsely connected with the Arab. himdlah, a
cord
- CORD (derived through the Fr. corde, from the Lat. chorda, Gr. xop(5rt, the string of a musical instrument)
used to suspend a small
Koran
- KORAN
from the
neck
- NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)
)

. It is thus used of small trinkets attached to bracelets or chains. The word is also used, figuratively, of fascinating qualities of feature,

voice

VOICE (Fr. voix, from Lat. vox)

character

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

.

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