[? f. CARL sb.1]
† 1. intr. (?) To act or behave like a carl; to talk with a gruff, snarling voice, to snarl. Still dial.
1602. Return fr. Parnass., V. iv. (Arb.), 72. Nought can great Furor do, but barke and howle, And snarle and grin, and carle, and towze the world, Like a great swine.
1621. Burton, Anat. Mel., I. ii. I. v. (1651), 60. They Carle many times as they sit, and talk to themselves, they are angry, waspish.
1875. Robinson, Whitby Gloss., Carl, to snarl.
2. trans. To provide or suit with a male. Sc.
1807. Knickbie, Wayside Cott., 177 (Jam.). If she could get herself but carld … She wi’ her din ne’er deay’d the warld.
