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Webster 1913 Edition


Chare

{

Char

,

Chare

, }
Verb.
T.
[See 3d
Char
.]
1.
To perform; to do; to finish.
[Obs.]
Nores.
Thet char is
chared
, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband.
Old Proverb.
2.
To work or hew, as stone.
Oxf. Gloss.
{

Char

,

Chare

, }
Verb.
I.
To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.

Chare

(châr)
,
Noun.
A narrow street.
[Prov. Eng.]

Chare

,
Noun.
&
Verb.
A chore; to chore; to do. See
Char
.

Definition 2024


chare

chare

English

Alternative forms

  • char (turn, task, chore, worker)
  • chore (narrow lane)

Noun

chare (plural chares)

  1. Alternative form of char ("turn, task, chore, worker").
  2. (Britain dialectal, Northern England) A narrow lane or passage between houses in a town.

Verb

chare (third-person singular simple present chares, present participle charing, simple past and past participle chared)

  1. (intransitive) To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs; to char.