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

A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise.

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.

rope. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.

A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.

A distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [Obs.] See Character. In all his dressings, characts, titles, forms. Shak.

or symbol. It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder.

A distinction of character; a characteristic. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.

Characteristic.

In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.

The act or process of characterizing.

ake with distinctive features. European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot.

Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or force.

The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark. Fairies use flowers for their charactery. Shak.

A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.

Carbuncle. [Written also Charboncle.] [Obs.] Chaucer.

A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.

Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.

The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.