Chare

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Char \Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. t. [See 3d {Char}.]
     1. To perform; to do; to finish. [Obs.] --Nores.
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              Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she
              had hanged her husband.               --Old Proverb.


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     2. To work or hew, as stone. --Oxf. Gloss.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Char \Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. i.
     To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant;
     to do small jobs.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.]
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           When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave
           To play till doomsday.                   --Shak.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chare \Chare\ (ch[^a]r), n.
     A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.]
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chare \Chare\, n. & v.
     A chore; to chore; to do. See {Char}.
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