Char"ac*ter*y (?), n.
1.
The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark.
Fairies use flowers for their charactery.
Shak.
2.
That which is charactered; the meaning.
[Obs.]
I will construe to thee
All the charactery of my sad brows.
Shak.
© Webster 1913.