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CAR 120 CAR
CAKAINNEAN, s. pi. Tbe refuse of
threshed barley.
CARAISTE, s.' »1. See Caireist.
t Cakaisteach, -eich, s. 7ÌI. A carrier.
CARAM.ISG, CARMASG, -aiso, s.f. A con-
test, a confusion.
•^ARAMH, -AiMH, s. m. See Càradh.
f Caran, «. fii. Crown of the head.
JARANUICH, -IDH, CH-,v.a. Separate;
stir up.
t Caras, s. VÌ. A first-rate ship.
CARAN-CREIGE, s.f. A sea eel, a con-
fer eel.
CÀRANTACH.nrf/. (from Càradh,) Kind,
obliging, affectionate.
CARANTACHD,>s. /. (from Càradh,)
CA RANT AS, > Kindness, friendli-
ness, obligingness.
t Carb, cairbe, s.f. See Cairb. A basket,
a chariot.
CARB AD, -AID, -an, s. w. A chariot, a
coach, a chaise, a waggon, a litter, a bier ;
any pleasure vehicle ; the jaw, the upper
or lower.
CARB ADAIR, -e, -ean, s. m. (Carbad,
and Fear,) A charioteer, a driver, a coachman.
t Carbal, s. m. Roof of the mouth.
t Carban, s. m. An unlucky person.
f Carbh, cairbh, s.f. A ship, a chariot, a
plank.
f Cakbanachaich, s. m. See Carbhanach.
CARBHAIDH, s. m. Carraway.
CARBHAIR, -E, -EAN, s. m. (Carbh, and
Fear,) A carver, engraver, sculptor, Eng.
word.
CARBH MREACHD, i. /. ind. (Car.
bhair,) Carving ; the occupation of a carver
: also a mangling, a mutilating, mas-
SHcring. Eng. loord.
CARBHAN, -EiN, -an, s. m. See Garbhan.
+ Carbhanach, -aiche, s. m. The mastei'
of a ship.
CARBHANACH, -uisge, s. m. A carp.
t Carbhas, -ais, s. VI. Intemperance; also
Lent,
t Carbhodach, -aich, s. m. A clown, a
sailor.
t Carboir, -e, -ean, s. m. A coachman
t Carc, cairc, s. m. Care, anxiety.
CARCAIR, -E, -ean, s. m. A prison; a
coffer; a sitik, or sewer in a cow-house.
CARCAIS, -E, -ean, s. m. See Cairbh.
t Carchaili., v. a. Destroy, abuse.
CARD, -A, -AN, s.f. A wool card.
CARD, -AiDH, cH-,v.a. Card wool, cotton,
CÀRDADH, -AIDH, s. m. The process of
carding wool, &c.
CARDAIR, s. A carder of wool, &c.
CÀRDAIREACHD, *. /. The employment
of a carder,
f Cardaigh, s. f. Flesh.
CAR-FHOCAL, -ail, s. m. (Car and Fo-
cal,) A quibble, a prevarication ; antiphra-
sis; a double entendre; a pun.
CAR-FHOCLACH, adj. Quibbling, prevaricating
; antiphrastic.
CAR..FHOCLAICHE, s. m. A quibbler,
a prevaricator ; a punster.
CARGHUS, -uis, s. m. Lent
Carla, -ai, s. m. A wool card. N. pi.
f
Carl an.
f CÀRLACH, -AICH, s. »1. A cart-Ioad.
f CÀRLACHAN, -AiN, s. m. A cardcF or
comber.
CARL AG, -Aio, -AN, s.f. A lock of wool.
CÀRLAGACH, arfj. Like a tuft of wooL
f Carlaire, s. m. A carder,
t Carlamh, adj. Excellent.
CARL AS, -AIS, s. m. Excellence.
t Carmhogal, s. m. A carbuncle.
CARN, -aidh, CH-, V. a. Heap or pile to-
gether.
t Carn, cairn, s. a quern or handmill loi
grinding corn,
f CÀRN, CARNA, s.f. Flesh ; a booty.
CÀRN, CÀIRN and cÙirn, s. m. A heap or
i
pile of stones, raised over the tombs of heroes
: Any loose heap or pile of stones ; a
barrow, a rock ; a sledge or car. These
heaps were also frequently thrown togethut
in places where a dead body was discovered,
and in resting places for funerals.
CÀRN, -AIRN, s. VI. A horning,
f CÀRN, s. m. A province.
CARN, v. a. Heap, pile, accumulate, throw
together.
CÀÌINACH, -aich, s. m. A heathen
priest : also the names of several places,
descriptive of a rocky or stony situa-
tion.
CARNADH, -AIDH, s. nu and pres. part. v.
Carn. Heaping, piling up.
CARN AG, -AiG, -an, s.f. A small fish
found at ebb tide.
CÀRNAID, 5./. ind. A certain red colour,
much worn in the Highlands,
f
CÀRNAIL, s.f. A mole of stones, a smal
heap of stones.
CARN AN, -AIN, -AN, s. m. dim. of Carn.
Any little heap of stones.
CÀRNANAICH, s. pi. Highlanders: the
inhabitants of rocky or mountainous coud-
tnes.