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_, anus.
~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_.
_Bellenden._
_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.
CARSE, KERSS, _s._ Low and fertile land, generally, that which is adjacent to a river, as _the Carse of Gowrie_, _the Carse of Stirling_, &c. S.
_Barbour._
Su. G. _kaerr_ and Isl. _kiar_, _kaer_, both signify a marsh.
_Carse_ is sometimes used as an adj.
_Lord Hailes._
CARTAGE, _s._ Apparently for _carcase_.
_Douglas._