local. [perh. identical with prec.] (See quot.)
1679. Plot, Staffordsh. (1686), 146. Whether they can find any coal water, i. e. an acid water having a Car, or yellow sediment.
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.
Hence Carr-water, Carry a.
1875. Lanc. Gloss., 70. Carr-water, red peaty water. Carry, red, peaty.
1888. N. & Q., VII. V. 135.