Definition of Carline

1. n. A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents.

2. n. A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl.

Definition of Carline

1. Noun. Carline thistle. ¹

2. Noun. (chiefly Scotland) A woman; a hag or witch. ¹

3. Noun. (nautical) A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Carline

1. carling [n -S] - See also: carling

Lexicographical Neighbors of Carline

carked
carking
carks
carky
carl
carlavirus
carle
carles
carless
carlessness
carletonite
carlfriesite
carlhintzeite
carlike
carlin
carline (current term)
carline thistle
carline thistles
carlines
carling
carlings
carlinite
carlins
carlish
carload
carloads
carlock
carlocks
carlosruizite
carlosturanite

Literary usage of Carline

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Old Kent: The Eastern Shore of Maryland ; Notes Illustrative of the Most by George Adolphus Hanson (1876)
"Bee it known unto all men by these presents, That whereas my husband HENRY carline is indebted to Mr. Henry Morgan a certaine summe of tobacco, I RACHEL, ..."

2. Report of the Railway Accounting Officers by Association of American Railroads Accounting Division (1888)
"Report of Committee on Refrigeration carline Accounting PERSONNEL OF ... Respectfully submitted for the Committee on Refrigerator carline Accounting. ..."

3. Kate Beaumont by John William De Forest (1872)
"... man I 've seen sence I come to Sou' carline. Mought I ask what you call yourself? ... carline ..."

4. The Car Builder's Dictionary. by Master Car Builders' Association (1879)
"See Clear-story carline. Platform-hood carline. Compound carline. ... Short carline. body. On passenger and street, cars such platforms are intended to ..."

5. The Library of Wit and Humor, Prose and Poetry: Selected from the Literature by Rufus Edmonds Shapley (1892)
"Her mother, old Luckie Loup- the-Dyke, ' ' a canty carline ' ' as was witn- in twenty miles of her, according to the unanimous report of the gossips, ..."

6. Vital Records of Abington, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 by Abington (Mass.) (1912)
"GANNET, Seth and carline Gurney, hut. Sept. i8, 1791. [Gannett, and Caroline Gurney, m. Dec. i8, P.1.47. ..."

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