Carl
[kɑrl]
Definition
(n.) A rude, rustic man; a churl.
(n.) Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp.
(n.) A kind of food. See citation, below.
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Definition
n. a husbandman a clown: a churl: (Scot.) a niggard.—ns. Car′line an old woman: a witch; Car′lot (Shak.) a churl peasant.
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Examples
- Who told you I was called Carl David? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Better declare at once 'Paul Carl Emanuel--je te déteste, mon gar?on! Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Among them I remember Carl Schurz, who was playing the piano when I entered the room. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The United States patent therefor was granted October 7, 1890, to Carl Auer Von Welsbach, No. 438,125. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
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