n. [ Icel, karl a male, a man; akin to AS. ceorl, OHG. charal, G. kerl fellow. See Churl. ]
The miller was a stout carl. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Caring or carl are gray steeped in water and fried the next day in butter or fat. They are eaten on the second Sunday before Easter, formerly called Carl Sunday. Robinson's Whitby Glossary (1875). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Dim., fr. carl male. ] An old woman. [ Scot. & Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
[ F. carline, It., Sp., & Pg., carlina. Said to be so called from the Emperor Charlemagne, whose army is reputed to have used it as a remedy for pestilence. ] (Bot.) A prickly plant of the genus
n. pl. Same as Carl, 3. [ 1913 Webster ]
Carling Sunday,
n. A partisan of
n. [ F. carlock, fr. Russ. Karlúk'. ] A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ From Carl. ] A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ F. Carlovingen. ] Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne;