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.
{ Char , Chare, } v. i. To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
{ Char , 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.
Char (?), n. [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.
Shak.
Char , n. [F.]
A car;
a chariot. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
{ Char , Charr (?), }
n. [Ir.
cear, Gael. ceara, lit., red, blood-colored, fr. cear
blood. So named from its red
belly.]
(Zoöl.)
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.
Hear it pronounced