Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Char \Char\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Charred}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Charring}.] [Prob. the same word as char to perform (see
   {Char}, n.), the modern use coming from charcoal, prop.
   coal-turned, turned to coal.]
   1. To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce
      to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.

   2. To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.

Char \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 deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In
   the United States, the brook trout ({Salvelinus fontinalis})
   is sometimes called a char.

Char \Char\, n. [F.]
   A car; a chariot. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

Char \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.
   [Written also {chare}.] [Eng.]

         When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave To
         play till doomsday.                      --Shak.

Char \Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. t. [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 \Char\, Chare \Chare\, v. i.
   To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant;
   to do small jobs.

Source : WordNet®

char
     n 1: a charred substance
     2: a human female who does housework; "the char will clean the
        carpet" [syn: {charwoman}, {cleaning woman}, {cleaning
        lady}, {woman}]
     3: any of several small-scaled trout
     [also: {charring}, {charred}]

char
     v 1: burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire
          will char everything" [syn: {coal}]
     2: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The
        cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the
        ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the
        ceiling" [syn: {blacken}, {scorch}]
     [also: {charring}, {charred}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

char
     
         /keir/ or /char/; rarely, /kar/ character.
        Especially used by {C} programmers, as "char" is {C}'s
        typename for character data.
     
        [{Jargon File}]
     
        (1994-11-29)