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Char   /tʃɑr/   Listen
noun
Charr, Char  n.  (Zool.) 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.



Char  n.  A car; a chariot. (Obs.)



Char  n.  (Written also chare)  Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. (Eng.) "When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave To play till doomsday."



verb
Chare, Char  v. t.  
1.
To perform; to do; to finish. (Obs.) "Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband."
2.
To work or hew, as stone.



Char  v. t.  (past & past part. charred; pres. part. charring)  
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.



Chare, Char  v. i.  To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.






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"Char" Quotes from Famous Books



... last night for thinking of that poor Christina Coles," she said, "the char-woman told me yesterday that the child had been obliged to go out and pawn some of her things in order to get the money to pay her ...
— The Wheel of Life • Ellen Anderson Gholson Glasgow

... But I must confess that I was far from heroic. Perhaps it is true, and not an invention, that Marcus Scaevola voluntarily thrust his hand into the altar-fire and stood mute and smiling, and watched it burn and char. If any man ever did that he had more self- control than I ever had. I could repress every indication of my agonies. I fainted so many times that I lost count. The afternoon was drawing on towards evening before Ravillanus began ...
— Andivius Hedulio • Edward Lucas White

... spoil below, by which an unnecessary expence is incurred.—Any of the following articles may be served as a relish, with the cheese, after dinner. Baked or pickled fish done high, Dutch pickled herrings: sardinias, which eat like anchovy, but are larger: anchovies, potted char, ditto lampreys: potted birds made high, caviare and sippets of toast: salad, radishes, French pie, cold butter, potted ...
— The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, • Mary Eaton

... thought you never aired the gee-gees now. Something new for you, isn't it? May I get in and have a pawt? We shall be fined forty bob and costs at Marlborough Street if we hold up the traffic. Say, you look ripping in this char a bancs, upon my soul ...
— Aladdin of London - or Lodestar • Sir Max Pemberton

... without difficulty. We had fine weather all the way down the Baltic, and came off a neat little village five miles from Copenhagen, on the afternoon of Sunday. Here we landed in a pilot-boat, with some Danish gentlemen, who were very civil to us, and by their aid we engaged a char-a-banc, and drove to Copenhagen the same evening. We spent five very pleasant days there, seeing numerous objects of interest. I will not attempt to describe them now. Cousin Giles says I must ...
— Fred Markham in Russia - The Boy Travellers in the Land of the Czar • W. H. G. Kingston


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