Char
Char , noun
[Ir. cear, Gael. ceara, lit., red, blood-colored, from cear blood. So named from its red belly.]
(Zoology) One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.
Also: Charr
Char , noun
[French]
A car; a chariot. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
Char , noun
[Old English cherr, char a turning, time, work, Anglo-Saxon cerr, cyrr, turn, occasion, business, from cerran, cyrran, to turn; akin to Old Saxon kerian, Old High German cheran, German kehren. Compare Chore, Ajar.]
Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. [English]
When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave
To play till doomsday.
Char , transitive verb
[See 3d Char.]
1.
To perform; to do; to finish. [Obsolete] — Nores
Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband.
2.
To work or hew, as stone. — Oxf. Gloss
Also: Chare
Char , intransitive verb
To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
Also: Chare
Char (char) , transitive verb
[Probably the same word as char to perform (see Char, n.), the modern use coming from charcoal, prop. coal-turned, turned to coal.]
1.
To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.
2.
To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.