What does "chare" mean?

Chare: To work or hew, as stone. Oxf. Gloss.

Additional senses

  1. 2.To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
  2. 3.A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.]
  3. 4.A chore; to chore; to do. See Char.

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