carline

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car·line

or car·lin C0114400 (kär′lĭn)n. Scots A woman, especially an old one.
[Middle English kerling, from Old Norse, from karl, man.]

carline

(ˈkɑːlɪn) n (Plants) a Eurasian thistle-like plant, Carlina vulgaris, having spiny leaves and flower heads surrounded by raylike whitish bracts: family Asteraceae (composites). Also called: carline thistle [C16: from French, probably from Latin cardō thistle]

carline

(ˈkɑːlɪn) or

carlin

n1. chiefly Scot an old woman, hag, or witch2. (Nautical Terms) a variant of carling[C14: from Old Norse kerling old woman, diminutive of karl man, churl]