Carle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Carl \Carl\, n. [Icel, karl a male, a man; akin to AS. ceorl,
     OHG. charal, G. kerl fellow. See {Churl}.] [Written also
     {carle}.]
     1. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
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              The miller was a stout carl.          --Chaucer.
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     2. Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also
        {carl hemp}.
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     3. pl. A kind of food. See citation, below.
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              Caring or carl are gray steeped in water and fried
              the next day in butter or fat. They are eaten on the
              second Sunday before Easter, formerly called Carl
              Sunday.                               --Robinson's
                                                    Whitby
                                                    Glossary
                                                    (1875).
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