char

Definitions

1. 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. 2.To work or hew, as stone. Oxf. Gloss.
3. 3.To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
4. 4.To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.
5. 5.To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is 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 called?
• What is to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs called?
• What is to reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder called?
• What is to burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood called?