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<h1>Carkanet</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"ka*net</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A carcanet.</def>

<i>Southey.</i>

<h1>Carking</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Cark"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; <as>as, <ex>carking</ex> cares</as>.</def>

<h1>Carl</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Carl</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel, <ets>karl</ets> a male, a man; akin to AS. <ets>ceorl</ets>, OHG. charal, G. <ets>kerl</ets> fellow. See <er>Churl</er>.]</ety> <altsp>[Written also <asp>carle</asp>.]</altsp> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A rude, rustic man; a churl.</def>

<blockquote>The miller was a stout <b>carl</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also <altname>carl hemp</altname>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A kind of food. See citation, below.</def>

<blockquote>Caring or <b>carl</b> are gray steeped in water and fried the next day in butter or fat. They are eaten on the second Sunday before Easter, formerly called <b>Carl</b> Sunday. <i>Robinson's Whitby Glossary (1875).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Carlin</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"lin</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Dim., fr. <ets>carl</ets> male.]</ety> <def>An old woman.</def> <mark>[Scot. & Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<h1>Carline, Caroline</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw><hw>Car"line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Car"o*line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>carin</ets>; cf. It. <ets>carlino</ets>; -- so called from <ets>Carlo</ets> (Charles) VI. of Naples.]</ety> <def>A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents.</def>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<h1>Carline, Carling</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw><hw>Car"line</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Car"ling</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>carlingur</ets>, Sp. Pg., & It. <ets>carlinga</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in <pluf>pl.</pluf></def>

<h1>Carline thistle</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"line this`tle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <ety>[F. <ets>carline</ets>, It., Sp., & Pg., <ets>carline</ets>, Said to be so called from the Emperor Charlemagne, whose army is reputed to have used it as a remedy for pestilence.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A prickly plant of the genus <spn>Carlina</spn> (<spn>C. vulgaris</spn>), found in Europe and Asia.</def>

<h1>Carlings</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"lings</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Carl</er>, <er>3</er>.</def>

<cs><col>Carling Sunday</col>, <cd>a Sunday in Lent when carls are eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See <er>Carl</er>, <er>4</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Carlist</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"list</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A parisan of <i>Charles X</i>. Of France, or of Dod <i>Carlos</i> of Spain.</def>

<h1>Carlock</h1> <Xpage=219>

<hw>Car"lock</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>carlock</ets>, fr. Russ. <ets>Karl\'a3k'</ets>.]</ety> <def>A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.</def>

<h1>Carlot</h1> <Xpage=219>

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