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Carron oil
Carron oil Car"ron oil A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.
Carronade
Carronade Car`ron*ade, n. [From Carron, in Scotland where it was first made.] (Med.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.

Meaning of Carron from wikipedia

- Carron may refer to: River Carron, Forth, a river in Central Scotland River Carron, Wester Ross River Carron, Sutherland Carron River (Queensland), a...
- Sir Henry Louis Carron Greig KCVO CBE DL (21 February 1925 – 11 July 2012), usually known simply as Carron Greig, was an English business executive, landowner...
- Giovanni Carron (ca. 1570 – 1649) was the First Duke of Buttigliera Alta. He was conferred the title as well as the fiefdom of the area, on April 25, 1619...
- Carron Bridge is a name given to at least three bridges in Scotland: The Carron Bridge (River Spey) crosses the Spey near Carron in Moray The Carron Bridge...
- have been named HMS Carron: HMS Carron (1813), a 20-gun Cyrus-class sixth-rate post ship built in 1813 and wrecked in 1820. HMS Carron (1827), a wooden paddle...
- The Carron Company was an ironworks established in 1759 on the banks of the River Carron near Falkirk, in Stirlingshire, Scotland. After initial problems...
- William John Carron, Baron Carron, KSG, FRSA (19 November 1902 – 3 December 1969) was a British trade unionist and activist, who served as President of...
- Louis Carron had arrived in the Murchison area in 1929, having come from Perth with a friend. He had found a job at Wydgee Station. In May 1930, Carron left...
- Verney-Carron S.A. is a French firearm manufacturing company based in Saint-Etienne, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. The company makes a wide range of hunting shotguns...
- Loch Carron (Scottish Gaelic: "Loch Carrann") is a sea loch on the west coast of Ross and Cromarty in the Scottish Highlands, which separates the Lochalsh...