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.
| 1761 Mem. Magopico 5 (Jam.) A blind woman..taught him the A, B, C, and the Mother's Carritch. a 1774 Fergusson Poems (1789) II. 112 (Jam.). 1818 Scott 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.
| 1776 D. 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.
| 1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1842) 83 The Minister..duly carritchin' the bairns. |