Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Char"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Char \Char\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Charring}.] [Prob. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Char \Char\, Charr \Charr\, n. [Ir. cear, Gael. ceara, lit.,
red, blood-colored, fr. cear blood. So named from its red
belly.] (Zo["o]l.)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Char \Char\, n. [F.]
A car; a chariot. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Char \Char\, n. [OE. cherr, char a turning, time, work, AS.
cerr, cyrr, turn, occasion, business, fr. cerran, cyrran, to
turn; akin to OS. k["e]rian, OHG. ch["e]ran, 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. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Char \Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Char \Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. i.
To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant;
to do small jobs.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
char
n 1: a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the
carpet" [syn: {charwoman}, {cleaning woman}, {cleaning
lady}, {woman}]
2: any of several small-scaled trout
v 1: burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire
will char everything." [syn: {coal}]
2: burn so as to affect color or taste; "blackened chicken
breast"; "The ceiling above the fireplace was charred"
[syn: {blacken}, {scorch}]
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