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Etymological dictionary
carbad, jaw, jaw-bone, so Ir., W. car yr ên (car of the mouth), Br. karvan. The idea is "mouth chariot", from the resemblance between the lower jaw and the old wicker chariots. Loth cfs. W. carfan, beam, rail, row.
carbh, engrave, carve; from the English.
carbh, a particular kind of ship or boat (Islay); from Norse karfi, a galley for the fiords.
carbhaidh, carraway-seed; from the English.
carbhanach, a carp, Ir. carbhán, Manx, caroo; from Norse karfi, Eng. carp.
carcair, a prison, sewer in a cow-house, Ir. carcar, prison, E. Ir. carcair (do.); from Lat. carcer, prison, barrier. cacair in Glenmoriston.
carcais a carcase; from the English.
càrd, card wool, Ir. cardaighim; from the Eng. card.
cargo, a cargo, load; from the English.
Carghus, Lent, torment, Ir. Corghas, M. Ir. corgus, W. garawys; from Lat. quadragessima.
càrlàg, a lock of wool (Sh., H.S.D.), carla, a wool-card (Sh. Coneys for Ir.); *card‑la‑, from card of Eng. For phonetics, cf. òirleach.
càrlas, excellence, Ir. carlamh, excellent, *co-er-lam‑, erlam, clever, *air-lam? For lam, see ullamh.
càrn, heap of stones, cairn, Ir. carn, E. Ir., W. carn, Br. karn, *kar-no‑, root kar, be hard; Gr. κραναός, rock (κρα‑, καρ); further Eng. hard, harsh. See carraig.
càrn, a horning. The G. seems a confusion between còrn, horn, Eng. horn, put to the horn, and càrn. M‘F. gives àir chàrn for “outlawed”, càrn-eaglais, excommunication.
càrn, a sledge, cart, peat cart, Ir. carr, dray, waggon, E. Ir. carr, biga, W. carr, biga, O. Br. carr, vehiculum (gl.), Gaul. chariot, career, carry, cargo, charge); from Celt. karso‑; Lat. currus (quors‑), from qṛs; Eng. horse, hurry.
carnaid, red; from Eng. carnation.
càrnag, (1) a she-terrier, (2) a small fish found in stony shores at ebb‑tide. The first meaning from cárn, cairn. Terriers were used for cairn hunting.
carr, the flesh of the seal and whale (Heb.; Carmichael); founded on obsolete carn, flesh?
càrr, the itch, mange, superficial roughness, Ir. carr; carrach, scabby, M. Ir. carrach, *karsâko‑, from kars, be rough, hard; cf. Eng. harsh (*horsqs), and hard, Lit. krasta, the itch (*kors-ta‑); further root kar, to be hard, rough. For càrr, rocky shelf, Ir. carr, rock, see carraig.
