- carline⇄carlin orcarline (1), noun.
(Scottish.)
1. a woman, especially an old one (often implying contempt or disparagement).
2. a witch or one charged with being such. - carline⇄carline (2), noun.
any plant of a genus of thistlelike composites of Europe, especially one species whose involucral scales are so sensitive to moisture (hygroscopic) that they serve as a natural weatherglass. - carline⇄carline (3), noun. carling.