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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.

Ca.r.s.e, KERSS, _s._ Low and fertile land, generally, that which is adjacent to a river, as _the Ca.r.s.e of Gowrie_, _the Ca.r.s.e of Stirling_, &c. S.

_Barbour._

Su. G. _kaerr_ and Isl. _kiar_, _kaer_, both signify a marsh.

_Ca.r.s.e_ is sometimes used as an adj.

_Lord Hailes._

CARTAGE, _s._ Apparently for _carcase_.

_Douglas._

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