CHAR

n. v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A car; a chariot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2.
n.

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.

3.
v.

To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.

4.
v.

To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.

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