ppl. a. [f. CHAR v.2 + -ED1.] Burnt to carbon, burnt black; also fig.

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1794.  J. Hutton, Philos. Light, etc. 304. Charred sawdust.

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1865.  Lubbock, Preh. Times, vi. (1869), 178. Burning the wood and then scraping away the charred portion.

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1879.  Farrar, St. Paul (1883), 592. A heart … charred with self-indulgence.

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