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CHARING
Verb
charing
present participle of chare
Anagrams
• arching, chagrin, chargin'
Etymology
From char (to bend), itself from Old English Ä‹ierr.
Proper noun
Charing
A village in Ashford borough, Kent, England (OS grid ref TQ9549).
The former name of a village in London, where today Charing Cross is located.
Anagrams
• arching, chagrin, chargin'
Source: Wiktionary
CHARE
Char, Chare, v. t. Etym: [See 3d Char.]
1. To perform; to do; to finish. [Obs.] Nores. Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband. Old Proverb.
2. To work or hew, as stone. Oxf. Gloss.
Char, Chare, v. i.
Definition: To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.
Chare, n.
Definition: A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.]
Chare, n. & v.
Definition: A chore; to chore; to do. See Char.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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