Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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¶WOODIE-CARL, n.comb. A variety of pear said to have been introduced by the Cistercian monks in the Border abbeys (Rxb. 1825 Jam.).
[Altered form of worry-carl, s.v. Worry, v., 6.(3)(ii).]
