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

P. Ploughman.
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.

CARSE, KERSS, s. Low and fertile land, generally, that which is adjacent to a river, as the Carse of Gowrie, the Carse of Stirling, &c. S.
Barbour.