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I. noun also ~r (plural ~ or ~s; also ~r or ~rs) Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1662 any of a genus ( Salvelinus ) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots, II. verb (~red; ~ring) Etymology: ~coal Date: 1679 transitive verb to convert to ~coal or carbon usually by heat ; burn , to burn slightly or partly ; scorch , intransitive verb to become ~red, III. noun Date: 1879 a ~red substance ; ~coal , IV. intransitive verb (~red; ~ring) Etymology: ~woman Date: 1732 to work as a cleaning woman, V. noun Etymology: by shortening Date: 1906 ~woman