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  • 31char — CHAR. s. m. Sorte de voiture à deux ou à quatre roües, dont les Anciens se servoient ordinairement dans les triomphes, dans les jeux, dans les ceremonies publiques, dans les combats &c. Char de triomphe. char doré. il monta sur son char. son char …

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  • 32char´i|ly — char|y «CHAIR ee», adjective, char|i|er, char|i|est. 1. showing caution; careful; wary: »Consumers regardful of their welfare should be equally chary (Harper s) …

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  • 33char|y — «CHAIR ee», adjective, char|i|er, char|i|est. 1. showing caution; careful; wary: »Consumers regardful of their welfare should be equally chary (Harper s) …

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  • 34Char — 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.… …

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  • 35char — Char, m. Vient du verbe charier, qui signifie porter sur chose qui roule, et est un nom general à tout instrument d attelage, portant sur roües, soit qu il en ait deux, soit qu il en ait quatre. Ainsi se trouve il escrit, Le char triomphal qui… …

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  • 36Char — 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.… …

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  • 37Char — Char, Charr Charr, n. [Ir. cear, Gael. ceara, lit., red, blood colored, fr. cear blood. So named from its red belly.] (Zo[ o]l.) One of the several species of fishes of the genus {Salvelinus}, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting… …

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  • 38char — Ⅰ. char [1] ► VERB (charred, charring) ▪ partially burn so as to blacken the surface. ORIGIN apparently from CHARCOAL(Cf. ↑charcoal). Ⅱ. char [2] …

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  • 39Char — Char, n. [F.] A car; a chariot. [Obs.] Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …

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  • 40Char — Char, Chare Chare, v. i. To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs. [1913 Webster] …

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