[char] n, pl char or chars [origin unknown] (1662): any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots
[2]char vb charred ; char.ring [charcoal] vt (1679) 1: to convert to charcoal or carbon usu. by heat: burn
2: to burn slightly or partly: scorch "the fire charred the beams" ~ vi: to become charred [3]char n (1879): a charred substance: charcoal; specif: a combustible residue remaining after the destructive distillation of coal [4]char vi charred ; char.ring [charwoman] (1732): to work as a cleaning woman [5]char n [by shortening] (1906) Brit: charwoman