Canty, S, happy, cheerful.
”Canty war we ower yere kail,
Toddy jugs an’ draps o’ ale.”
Hogg. The Laird o’ Lamington.
Carle, S, a vulgar man.
“Auld gudeman ye’re a drucken carle, a drucken carle.”
Sir A. Boswell. Song.
Carlin, S, a coarse old woman; feminine of Carle.
On being told that the wives of the Scottish Judges claimed the title of “My Lady,” their husbands being “My Lord,” King James exclaimed: “I made the carles lords, but wha the deil made the carlins leddies?”
Chafts, S and C, the jaws.