Carlin a (karlina)

[NL. (> F. carline = Sp. It. carlin a ); so called, it is said, after the emperor Charlemagne (OHG. Karl ), whose army, according to the doubtful story, was saved from a plague by the use of this root.] A genus And the blades of gra that straightened to it turned their points a little way;. yet before their carkled edges bent more than a driven saw, down the water came again. R. D. Black more, Lorna Doone, p. 118.