noun Chiefly Scot.
- an old woman.
- a hag; witch.
noun
- another name for pug 1
noun
- a Eurasian thistle-like plant, Carlina vulgaris, having spiny leaves and flower heads surrounded by raylike whitish bracts: family Asteraceae (composites)Also called: carline thistle
noun
- mainly Scot an old woman, hag, or witch
- a variant of carling