1. v.tr. & intr. (charred, charring)
1. make or become black by burning; scorch.
2 burn or be burnt to charcoal.
Etymology: app. back-form. f. CHARCOAL 2. n. & v. Brit. colloq.
--n. CHARWOMAN.
--v.intr. (charred, charring) work as a charwoman.
Etymology: earlier chare f. OE cerr a turn, cierran to turn 3. n. (also cha) Brit. sl. tea.
Etymology: Chin. cha 4. n. (also charr) (pl. same) any small troutlike fish of the genus Salvelinus.
Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.