An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 146

An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language Part 146

4. The last handful of corn cut down in harvest-field, when it is not shorn before Hallowmas, S. B. If before this, it is called the _Maiden_.


Su. G. _kaering_, _kaerling_, a.n.u.s.


~Carlin-heather~, _s._ Fine-leaved heath, Erica cinerea, Linn. S. also called _Bell-heather_.


~Carlin-spurs~, _s. pl._ Needle furze or petty whin, Genista Anglica, Linn., S. B. q. "the spurs of an old woman."


~Carlin-teuch~, _adj._ (gutt.) As hardy as an old woman, S. B.


_Teuch_, S., tough.


CARLING, _s._ The name of a fish, Fife.; supposed to be the Pogge, Cottus cataphractus, Linn.


CARLINGS, _s. pl._ Pease _birsled_ or broiled, Ang. according to Sibb.


"pease broiled on _Care_-Sunday."


_Ritson._


CARMELE, CARMYLIE, CARAMEIL, _s._ Heath pease, a root, S. Orobus tuberosus, Linn.


_Pennant._


Gael. _cairmeal_, id.


CARNAIL, _adj._ Putrid.


_Wallace._


Fr. _charogneux_, putrified, full of carrion, Cotgr.


CARNELL, _s._ A heap, a dimin. from _cairn_.


_b.e.l.l.e.n.den._


_To_ CARP, CARPE, _v. a._


1. To speak, to talk, to relate, whether verbally, or in writing.


_Wyntown._


O. E. id.


_P. Ploughman._


2. To sing.


_Minstrelsy Border._


Lat. _carpo_, _-ere_, to cull.


~Carping~, _s._ Narration. O. E. id.


V the _v._


CARRALLES, _s. pl._ Carols, or songs, sung within and about kirks, on certain days; prohibited by act of Parliament.


V. ~Caralyngis~ and ~Gysar~.


_Acts Ja. VI._


~Carol-ewyn~, _s._ The name given, Perths. to the last night of the year; because young people go from door to door singing _carols_, for which they get small cakes in return.


CARRITCH, CARITCH, _s._ The vulgar name for a catechism; more commonly in pl. _caritches_, S.


_Magopico._


2. Used somewhat metaph.


_Ferguson._


CARRY, _s._ A term used to express the motion of the clouds before the wind, S. B.


Ca.r.s.e, KERSS, _s._ Low and fertile land, generally, that which is adjacent to a river, as _the Ca.r.s.e of Gowrie_, _the Ca.r.s.e of Stirling_, &c. S.


_Barbour._


Su. G. _kaerr_ and Isl. _kiar_, _kaer_, both signify a marsh.


_Ca.r.s.e_ is sometimes used as an adj.


_Lord Hailes._


CARTAGE, _s._ Apparently for _carcase_.


_Douglas._