local. [perh. identical with prec.] (See quot.)

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1679.  Plot, Staffordsh. (1686), 146. Whether they can find any coal water, i. e. an acid water having a Car, or yellow sediment.

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1880.  R. Holland, in O. C. & F. Words (E. D. S.), 77. The brown sediment (humate of iron) deposited in water from boggy ground is called carr in Cheshire.

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  Hence Carr-water, Carry a.

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1875.  Lanc. Gloss., 70. Carr-water, red peaty water. Carry, red, peaty.

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1888.  N. & Q., VII. V. 135.

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