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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CHAR, n. A fish.
CHAR, n. In England, work done by the day; a single job, or task. In New England, it is pronounced chore, which see. I know not the origin of the word.
CHAR, v.t. To perform a business.
CHAR, v.i. To work at others houses by the day, without being a hired servant; to do small jobs.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a charred substance
2: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman]
3: any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus [syn: char, charr] v
1: burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything" [syn: char, coal]
2: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun also charr (plural char or chars; also charr or charrs) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1662 any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots II. verb (charred; charring) Etymology: charcoal Date: 1679 transitive verb 1. to convert to charcoal or carbon usually by heat ; burn 2. to burn slightly or partly ; scorch <the fire charred the beams> intransitive verb to become charred III. noun Date: 1879 a charred substance ; charcoal; specifically a combustible residue remaining after the destructive distillation of coal IV. intransitive verb (charred; charring) Etymology: charwoman Date: 1732 to work as a cleaning woman V. noun Etymology: by shortening Date: 1906 British charwoman

Britannica Concise

Any of several freshwater food and game fishes (genus Salvelinus) of the salmon family, distinguished from the similar trout by light, rather than black, spots; by a boat-shaped, rather than flat, vomer (bone) on the roof of the mouth; and by having teeth on the front of the vomer rather than on the shaft. Char often have smaller scales than their relatives. The Arctic char, of N. America and Europe, inhabits the Arctic and adjacent oceans and enters rivers and lakes to breed. It may weigh 15 lbs (7 kg) or more. The brook trout, Dolly Varden trout, and lake trout are native N. Amer. char.

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v.tr. & intr. (charred, charring) 1 make or become black by burning; scorch. 2 burn or be burnt to charcoal. Etymology: app. back-form. f. CHARCOAL 2. n. & v. Brit. colloq. --n. = CHARWOMAN. --v.intr. (charred, charring) work as a charwoman. Etymology: earlier chare f. OE cerr a turn, cierran to turn 3. n. (also cha) Brit. sl. tea. Etymology: Chin. cha 4. n. (also charr) (pl. same) any small troutlike fish of the genus Salvelinus. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Char Char, n. [F.] A car; a chariot. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(chars, charring, charred) 1. If food chars or if you char it, it burns slightly and turns black as it is cooking. Toast hazelnuts on a baking sheet until the skins char... Halve the peppers and char the skins under a hot grill. VERB: V, V n • charring The chops should be cooked over moderate heat to prevent excessive charring. 2. see also charred

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. a. 1. Burn on the surface, burn partially, scorch. 2. Reduce to charcoal, carbonize.

Moby Thesaurus

blaze, blister, brand, burn, burn in, burn off, cast, cauterize, chare, charwoman, chore, cleaner, cleaner-off, cleaner-up, cleaning lady, cleaning man, cleaning woman, coal, crack, cupel, custodian, do chars, do the chores, flame, found, janitor, janitress, labor, oxidate, oxidize, parch, pyrolyze, scorch, sear, singe, solder, swinge, torrefy, turn a hand, vesicate, vulcanize, weld, work