chare

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Char \Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. i. To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs. [1913 Webster]

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["e]rian, OHG. ch["e]ran, G. kehren. Cf. Chore, Ajar.] Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. [Written also chare.] [Eng.] [1913 Webster]

When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave To play till doomsday. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Char

Char \Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. t. [See 3d Char.]

1.To perform; to do; to finish. [Obs.] --Nores. [1913 Webster]

Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband.— Old Proverb.[1913 Webster]

2.To work or hew, as stone. --Oxf. Gloss. [1913 Webster] Char

Chare \Chare\ (ch[^a]r), n. A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Chare \Chare\, n. & v. A chore; to chore; to do. See Char. [1913 Webster]