An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language / in which the words are explained in their different senses, authorized by the names of the writers by whom they are used, or the titles of the works in which they occur, and deduced from their originals

by John Jamieson

4. One who has the manners of a boor.
Kelly.
5. A strong man.
Wallace.

Germ. kerl, fortis, corpore robusto praeditus.

6. An old man, S. A. Bor.
Wyntown.

Su. G. Isl. karl, id.

Carl-crab, s. The male of the black-clawed crab, Cancer pagurus, Linn. S.
Sibbald.

Carl-hemp, s.
1. The largest stalk of hemp, S. A. Bor.
2. Used metaph. to denote firmness of mind.
Burns.

Carl-again, To play carl-again, to return a blow, to give as much as one receives, Ang.

Carl and Cavel,
V. [Kavel].

Carl-doddie, s. A stalk of rib-grass, S. Plantago lanceolata, Linn.

Doddie, bald.