carline

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[ˈkɑːlɪn], (Noun)

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- a European plant that resembles the thistle, with flower heads that bear shiny persistent straw-coloured bracts


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Origin:
late 16th century: from French, from medieval Latin carlina, perhaps an alteration of cardina (from Latin carduus ‘thistle’), by association with Carolus Magnus (see Charlemagne), to whom its medicinal properties were said to have been revealed


[ˈkɑːlɪn], (Noun)

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- any of the pieces of squared timber fitted fore and aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to support the deck planking


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Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘(old) woman, witch’): from Old Norse karling; the reason for nautical use of the word remains obscure




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