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carritch, -es Sc.|ˈkɑːrɪtʃ, -æ-, -iːz|
[Carritches is a corruption of catechize n. F. catéchèse, which has been treated as a plural, with sing. carritch.]
= catechism.
1761Mem. Magopico 5 (Jam.) A blind woman..taught him the A, B, C, and the Mother's Carritch. a1774Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 112 (Jam.). 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xvi, I can say the single carritch, and the double carritch, and justification, and effectual calling. Mod. Sc. He knows the carritches thoroughly.
b. to give carritch: to take to task.
1776D. Herd Sc. Songs II. 219 (Jam.) The very first night the strife began, And she gae me my carriage.
Hence ˈcarritch v. trans., to catechize.
1837R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 83 The Minister..duly carritchin' the bairns. |