name
Meaning 1
A surname.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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Standard Lemma guide
carling
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkɑːlɪŋ/
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rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)lɪŋ
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CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R L IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
name
Meaning 2
A township in Parry Sound District, Ontario, Canada.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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name
Meaning 3
A commune in Moselle department, Grand Est, France.
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Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Meaning 4
Alternative form of carline (“old woman”).
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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noun
Meaning 5
A piece of squared timber fitted fore-and-aft between the deck beams of a wooden ship to provide support for the deck planking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: nautical, transport
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noun
Meaning 6
A cultivar of field pea or maple pea, dried, soaked, boiled, then fried.
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Synonyms: carling pea
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noun
Meaning 7
Alternative form of Caroling (“a descendant of Charles Martel; a Carolingian”)
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Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
Etymology
See carline.
Compare French carlingue, which may be from the English.
From care + -ling (synchronically), being connected to the custom of serving these peas to the poor on Care Sunday, called also Carling Sunday after the peas.
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ǵerh2-der. Proto-Germanic *karaz Proto-Germanic *karilaz Proto-West Germanic *karil Proto-Indo-European *-n̥kwo-der.? Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos Proto-Germanic *-īnaz Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz ? Proto-Germanic *-ingaz Proto-West Germanic *-ing Medieval Latin Carlingusbor. English Carling From Medieval Latin Carlingus, from a Frankish patronymic ultimately composed of Proto-West Germanic *karil + *-ing. By surface analysis, Carl + -ing. Cognate with Middle High German Kärling, Middle French Carlinge.
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