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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
chare
, I give thee leave
To play till doomsday.
Shakespeare

Char

(chär)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Charred
(chärd)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Charring
.]
[Prob. the same word as
char
to perform (see
Char
,
Noun.
), 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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Char

CHAR

,
Noun.
A fish.

CHAR

,
Noun.
In England, work done by the day; a single job, or task. In New England, it is pronounced chore, which see. I know not the origin of the word.

CHAR

,
Verb.
T.
To perform a business.

CHAR

,
Verb.
I.
To work at others houses by the day, without being a hired servant; to do small jobs.

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