Cairn

[keən] or [kɛrn]

Definition

(noun.) small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland.

(noun.) a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path.

Checker: Natalia--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

(n.) A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc.

Typist: Shirley

Definition

n. a heap of stones esp. one raised over a grave or as a landmark on a mountain-top.—n. Cairn′gorm-stone or simply Cairngorm a name often given by jewellers to brown or yellow quartz or rock-crystal because found among the Cairngorm Mountains in Aberdeenshire.

Typed by Arlene

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