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cairngorm
[ kairn-gawrm ]
cairngorm
/ ˌkernˈɡɒrm; ˈkɛənˌɡɔːm /
noun
- a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone Also calledsmoky quartz
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cairngorm1
1785–95; short for Cairngorm stone, i.e., stone from Cairngorm Mountains
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Word History and Origins
Origin of cairngorm1
C18: from Cairn Gorm (literally: blue cairn), mountain in Scotland where it is found
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Example Sentences
But he had a strong spirit of duty on him; and plodded on instead over the braes till he came near the House of Cairngorm.
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My father was a rubber—a massage man for the Earl of Cairngorm.
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So Kit shook his whip, and the Cairngorm flashed in the sun, and the spirit of youth did the same.
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Cairngorm: a yellow or brown variety of crystallized quartz found in Cairngorm, Scotland.
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We are glad to see that the obsolete Highland Practice of muffling the ears in a cairngorm has been definitely discarded.
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