From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Carl \Carl\, noun [Icel, karl a male, a man; akin to AS. ceorl, OHG. charal, G. kerl fellow. See {Churl}.] [Written also {carle}.]
1. A rude, rustic man; a churl.
The miller was a stout carl. --Chaucer.
2. Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also {carl hemp}.
3. pl. A kind of food. See citation, below.
Caring or carl are gray steeped in water and fried the next day in butter or fat. They are eaten on the second Sunday before Easter, formerly called Carl Sunday. --Robinson's Whitby Glossary (1875).
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Carl, GA (town, FIPS 13184) Location: 34.00496 N, 83.81134 W Population (1990): 263 (106 housing units) Area: 2.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:
Carl, GA -- U.S. town in Georgia Population (2000): 205 Housing Units (2000): 99 Land area (2000): 0.795821 sq. miles (2.061167 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 0.795821 sq. miles (2.061167 sq. km) FIPS code: 13184 Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13 Location: 34.006635 N, 83.812016 W ZIP Codes (1990): Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Carl, GA Carl
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