Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Chare"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chare \Chare\, n.
A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Chare \Chare\, n. & v.
A chore; to chore; to do. See {Char}.
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