Carline

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Scots A woman, especially an old one.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Carline thistle.
  • n. A woman; a hag or witch.
  • n. A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
  • n. A line of automobiles awaiting access to the same building or similar location.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents.
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See carlin.
  • n. Same as carlino
  • Belonging to the genus Carlina: as, the carline thistle.
  • n. A kind of thistle, Carlina vulgaris or C. acaulis. See Carlina.
  • n. A piece of timber in a ship, ranging fore and aft from one deck-beam to another, and forming with the beams a framing for the deck-planks to rest upon.
  • n. A transverse iron or wooden bar placed across the top of a railroad-car from side to side to support the roof-boards. Sometimes called a rafter.
  • n. A Russian game of billiards which employs five balls, one of them blue and another black or yellow.
  • Equivalent
    Caroline    carling   
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    Words with the same meaning
    woman    witch    a    hag    old woman   
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