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   Char (?), n. [OE. cherr, char a turning, time, work, AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, occasion, business, fr. cerran, cyrran, to turn; akin to OS. kërian, OHG. chëran, 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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    Char, 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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    Char, Chare,  v. i. To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
   
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   Chare (châr), n. A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.]
   
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   Chare, n. & v. A chore; to chore; to do. See Char.
   
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