Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A catechism.
  • To catechize: as, to carritch the bairns.

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Examples

  • Jeanie's glory was "putting him through the carritch" (catechism) in broad Scotch, beginning at the beginning with "Wha made ye, ma bonnie man?"

    Stories of Childhood Various 1885

  • Jeanie's glory was "putting him through the carritch" (catechism) in broad Scotch, beginning at the beginning with "Wha made ye, ma bonnie man?"

    Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle 1864

  • --- And I can say the single carritch, and the double carritch, and justification, and effectual calling, and the assembly of divines at Westminster, that is '' (she added in a low tone), ` ` I could say them ance --- but it's lang syne --- and ane forgets, ye ken. ''

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • "Weel, weel, Jeanie," said Effie, "I mind a 'about the sins o' presumption in the questions -- we'll speak nae mair about this matter, and ye may save your breath to say your carritch and for me, I'll soon hae nae breath to waste on onybody."

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

  • "Weel, weel, Jeanie," said Effie, "I mind a 'about the sins o' presumption in the questions -- we'll speak nae mair about this matter, and ye may save your breath to say your carritch and for me, I'll soon hae nae breath to waste on onybody."

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • And I can say the single carritch, and the double carritch, and justification, and effectual calling, and the assembly of divines at Westminster, that is” (she added in a low tone), “I could say them ance — but it’s lang syne — and ane forgets, ye ken.”

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

  • o 'presumption in the questions --- we'll speak nae mair about this matter, and ye may save your breath to say your carritch and for me, I'll soon hae nae breath to waste on onybody.' '

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

  • -- And I can say the single carritch, and the double carritch, and justification, and effectual calling, and the assembly of divines at Westminster, that is "(she added in a low tone),

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

  • -- And I can say the single carritch, and the double carritch, and justification, and effectual calling, and the assembly of divines at Westminster, that is "(she added in a low tone),

    The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Volume 1 Walter Scott 1801

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