car2 (kar)

[ME. ker, car grown with brushwood: myrr = E. mire), = Norw. kjerr, kjarr, a marsh, esp. a marsh overgrown with brushwood, = Sw. kärr, a marsh, fen, mora , moor, = Dan. kær, formerly kjær, a marsh, bog, thicket, pool. Cf. carse2.] 1. A wood or grove, generally of alders, on a moist soil.-2. Any hollow place or marsh. [Prov. Eng. in both senses.] car3+ (kär), a. [Sc., also written kar, ker, cair, caar, carry, In a knot, bi a clyffe, at the kerre side, Ther as the rogh rocher vn-rydely watz fallen, Thay ferden to the fyndyng, & frekez hem after. Sir Gawayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1431. car4 (kär), v . t.; pret. and pp. carred , ppr. carring. [E. dial., abbr. of carry .] To carry. [Prov. Eng. (Kent).]