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n. [From Ir. & Gael. cear, red, blood-colored, from cear, ceara, blood, because it has a red belly, for which reason it is called in Welsh torgoch, torgoch-goch, red-bellied.] (Ichth.) A species of salmon inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the Salmo fontinalis, or brook trout, has sometimes been called char.
n. [A-S. cerr, cyrr, turn, bending, time, occasion, business, from cerran, cirran, cyrran, to turn, O. Sax. kerian, O. H. Ger. cheran, keran, M. H. Ger. keren, N. H. Ger. kehren. Cf. Ir. car, turn, twist, bending.] Work done by the day; a single job, or task. See CHORE. [Eng.] When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave to play. Shak.
[See supra.] To perform; to do.
To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. CHARRED; p. pr. & vb. n. CHARRING.] [Cf. Ir. ceor, brand, flame, spark of fire, Armor. gôr, smothered heat, gôri, gvîri, to warm, Ir. gôr, heat, gorim, I heat, warm.]