| Char (char) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Char |
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[Ir. cear, Gael. ceara, lit., red, blood-colored,
fr. cear blood. So named from its red belly.]
(Zoöl.) |
One of the several species of fishes of
the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and
salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe.
In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus
fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.
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| Char (char) |
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| n. | (?) |
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| Char |
| [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. Chor |
Work done by
the day; a single job, or task; a chore.
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To perform; to do;
to finish.
To work or hew, as stone.
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To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant;
to do small jobs.
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| Char (char) |
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| v. t. | (?) |
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| Char |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Charred (?)] p. pr. *** vb.
n. Charring.] [Prob. the same word as
char to perform (see Char, n. |
To reduce to
coal or carbon by exposure to heat] to reduce to charcoal; to
burn to a cinder.
To burn slightly or partially; as, to
char wood.
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