n. [ F. ] A car; a chariot. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
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.
When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave
To play till doomsday. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
‖n. [ NL., of uncertain origin. ] (Bot.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
n. any freshwater fish of the family
n. a natural family of tropical freshwater fishes of Africa and southern and central America.
n. any freshwater fish of the family
n. former name of the family Characidae.
n. A distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [ Obs. ] See Character. [ 1913 Webster ]
In all his dressings, characts, titles, forms. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]