chare : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: chare	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for chare
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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[89]rian, OHG. ch[89]ran, G. kehren. Cf. {Chore}, {Ajar}.] Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. [Written also {chare}.] [Eng.] When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave To play till doomsday. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Char \Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. t. [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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Char \Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. i. To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chare \Chare\, n. & v. A chore; to chore; to do. See {Char}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chare \Chare\, n. A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.]