carse

English

Etymology

Of Celtic origin. Compare Welsh cars (“bog, fen”), carsen (“reed”), Armoric kars, korsen (“bog plant, reed”).

Noun

carse (plural carses)

(Scotland) Low, fertile land; a river valley.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for carse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

CERAs, Cares, Ceras, Cesar, Crase, Creas, Races, SERCA, acers, acres, cares, caser, ceras, crase, e-cars, races, sacre, scare, serac, sérac

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