in names of places, is sometimes the Celtic Caer, a town or city, as in Caermarthen.

A fish.

In England, work done by the day; a single job, or task. In New England, it is pronounced chore, which see. I know not the origin of the word.

To perform a business.

To work at others houses by the day, without being a hired servant; to do small jobs.

To burn or reduce to coal or carbon; to reduce to charcoal, by expelling all volatile matter from wood. This is done by burning wood slowly under a covering of turf and earth.

To expel all volatile matter from stone or earth, by heat. The stone or earth charred from all foreign visible ingredients.