char
verb
- blacken with fire
- burn incompletely
noun
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Pronunciation: /t͡ʃɑː/ / /t͡ʃɑɹ/ / [t͡ʃɑɹ]
name
Etymology: Shortening (of personal names).
- A nickname for Charlotte
- A nickname for Charlene
- A short river in west Dorset, England; in full, the River Char.
noun
Etymology: Non-rhotic spelling of cha.
- Alternative form of cha (“tea”).
““’Ullo, cock,” it said, amiably enough. “So you’ve come to, ’ave yer? ’Ang on a bit, an’ I’ll get you a cup o’ char.” And it vanished again.”
verb
Etymology: From Middle English cherre (“odd job”), from Old English ċierr (“a turn, change, time, occasion, affair, business”), from ċierran (“to turn, change, turn oneself, go, come, proceed, turn back, return, regard, translate, persuade, convert, be converted, agree to, submit, make to submit, reduce”), from Proto-Germanic *karzijaną (“to turn”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *gers- (“to bend, turn”). Cognate with Dutch keer (“a time, turn, occasion”), German Kehre (“a turn, bight, bend”) and kehren (“to sweep”) or umkehren (“to return or reverse”). More at chore, ajar.
- To turn, especially away or aside.
- To work, especially to do housework; to work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant.
“She explained that she was the commissionaire's wife, who did the charing, and I gave her the order for the coffee.”
“Her husband had been a soldier, and from a grateful country she received a pension large enough to keep her from starvation, and by charring and doing such odd jobs as she could get she earned a little extra to supply herself with liquor.”
- To perform; to do; to finish.
“All's chared when he is gone.”
- To work or hew (stone, etc.)