carline

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Definition of carline in English English dictionary: A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking; Carline thistle; A woman; a hag or witch; (also carlin or carling) Any of the pieces of squared timber fitted fore and aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to support the deck planking; (in the sense '(old) woman, witch'): from ON karling; the reason for naut. use of the word remains obscure; A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; usually in pl; {i} (Scottish Slang) old woman; mean and ugly old woman, evil old woman; witch; A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents
carline thistle: Any of about 30 species of thistles in the genus Carlina
carline thistles: plural form of carline thistle
carline thistle: A prickly plant of the genus Carlina C
carline thistle: vulgaris, found in Europe and Asia
carline thistle: a thistle of the genus Carlina
carlin: An old woman
carlin: {i} (Scottish Slang) old woman
common carline thistle: Eurasian thistle growing in sand dunes and dry chalky soils
stemless carline thistle: stemless perennial having large flowers with white or purple-brown florets nestled in a rosette of long spiny leaves hairy beneath; of alpine regions of southern and eastern Europe

carline

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Car·line

() From Old Norse karling, feminine of karl (“carl”).

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