chare

Chare, n. Defn: A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.] Chare, n. & v. Defn: A chore; to chore; to do. See Char. Char, Chare, v. t. Etym: [See 3d Char.] 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. To work or hew, as stone. Oxf. Gloss. Char, Chare, v. i. Defn: To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs. Char, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charred; p. pr. & vb. n. Charring.] Etym: [Prob. the same word as char to perform (see Char, n.), the modern use coming from charcoal, prop. coal-turned, turned to coal.] 1. To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder. 2. To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.

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