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Webster 1913 Edition
Char
Char
,Noun.
 [F.] 
A car; a chariot. 
[Obs.] 
Chaucer.
 Char
,Noun.
 [OE. 
cherr
, char 
a turning, time, work, AS. cerr
, cyrr
, turn, occasion, business, fr. cerran
, cyrran
, to turn; akin to OS. kërian
, OHG. chëran
, G. kehren
. Cf. Chore
, Ajar
.] Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. 
[Written also 
chare
.] [Eng.] 
When thou hast done this 
To play till doomsday.
 chare
, I give thee leaveTo play till doomsday.
Shakespeare
Char
(chär)
, Verb.
 T.
 [
imp. & p. p. 
Charred 
(chärd)
; p. pr. & vb. n. 
Charring
.] [Prob. the same word as ), the modern use coming from 
char 
to perform (see Char
, Noun.
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 
woodWebster 1828 Edition
Char
CHAR
,Noun.
  CHAR
,Noun.
  CHAR
,Verb.
T.
  CHAR
,Verb.
I.