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Page 13 of 85 for the letter C

carket, carcat,
carket ['karkət]
n. A necklace.
carle, carl, cyarl, kerl, carlie, carle-doddie, curl-daddy, curl-doddy, curl-dodie, curl-dody, curle-doddie, carle-doddy, carl-doddy, curly-doddy, curl-doddie, curl-dodle, churl, wirry-carle, wirry-carl, dodie, karl, carl-doddie, carlers, carlish, carlage,
carle [karl, kerl]
n. An old man, a tall candlestick.
dim. carlie

Compounds and phrases etc.

carle crab: a male partan Cancer pagurus
carle-doddie: the ribwort, field scabious, greater plantain, clover
carlish: rude, churlish
carle-tangle, carlers: a seeweed
fish-carle: a fisherman
gyre carle: an ogre
wirry-carle: a snarling, ill-natured person, one who is dreaded as a bugbear
carline, carlin, carling, cyarlin, cairlin, cairline,
carline ['k(j)arlɪn, 'kɛrlɪn]
n. An old woman, the last sheaf of corn.

Compounds and phrases etc.

gyre carline: a supernatural being, an ogress, witch
Carline's lowp, Carline's loup, Carlops, Carlups,
Carline's lowp ['karlʌps, 'k(j)arlɪnz lʌup, 'kɛrlɪnz lʌup]
pn. Carlops. (Borders)
carnaptious, canaptious, cyarnaptious, curnaptious, cornaptious, corsnoptious, carnapshus, curnaptious,
carnaptious [kar'napʃəs, kʌr-]
adj. Irritable, quarrelsome, crabbed.
Carndouk, Carndoouk
Carndouk ['karnduk]
pn. Carnwadric (Glasgow).
Carnoustie,
Carnoustie ['kərnustɪ]
pn. Carnoustie. (Dundee)
carpickle, carpuckle,
carpickle ['karpɪkl, -pʌkl]
n. A difficult or embarrasing situation.
Carraecrun, Carracrun, Kerraghrun, Kerrachrun,
Carraecrun ['kɑrəkrʌn]
pn. Carrowcrin. (County Antrim)
carrant, kerrant, coorant, courant, carant, carrivant,
carrant [ka'rant, kə'rant, ku'rant,]
n. An expedition, sudden journey, party etc.

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