carlcrab (karlkrab)

A local Scotch name of the male of the common black-clawed sea crab, Cancer pagurus. carle1, n. and v. See carl. carle2, n. Same as caurale. Carle Sunday (kärl sun'dā). See Carling1, 1, and Care Sunday. carlet (kär'let), n. [F. car relet, a square file, a three-edged sword (> Sp. car relet, a straight needle with a triangular point), dim. of OF. carrel, F. carreau, a square, tile, pane: see carrel2 and quarrel2.] A single-cut file with a triangular section, used by comb-makers. carl-hemp (kärl'hemp), n. Male hemp. Also carl. [Scotch.] In the following pa age it is used as a symbol of robustne of character. Come, firm Resolve, take thou the van, Thou stalk o' carl - hemp in man! Burns , To Dr. Black lock. carlick (kär'lik), n. [E. dial. form of charlock , q. v.] Same as charlock . [Local, Eng.] carlie (kär'li), n. [Sc., dim. of carl .] 1. A little carl.-2. A boy who has the appearance or manners of a little old man. Jamie son. carlin, carline1 (kär'lin), n. [Also carling , karlinna , a woman, Dan. kalling , prop. * kærling , = Sw. kärung , an old woman, a crone; cf. karl , a man: see carl .] An old woman: a contemptuous term for any woman. [Scotch.] in having the scales of the involucre scarious and colored. The species are all natives of Europe and the Mediterranean region. The most common is the carline thistle, C. vulgar is, the scales of which are so hygroscopic that the heads are used as a natural weather-gla . The root of C. a caulis, also called carline thistle, had formerly a high reputation for medicinal virtues in various diseases.