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Carl \Carl\, n. [Icel, karl a male, a man; akin to AS. ceorl,
OHG. charal, G. kerl fellow. See {Churl}.] [Written also
{carle}.]
1. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
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The miller was a stout carl. --Chaucer.
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2. Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also
{carl hemp}.
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3. pl. A kind of food. See citation, below.
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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).
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