curn

[ kurn ]

noun

, Scot.

1. a grain.
2. a small quantity or number.

Word History and Origins

Origin of curn¹

1300–50; Middle English; akin to corn ¹, kernel

Example Sentences

If a society that surrounds you has certain ideas of what careers are appropriate for women, and business owner isn’t among them, some strong women will be able to overcome that obstacle, but others will curn their ambitions.

From Forbes

Small are they shorn, and she can mix fu' nice The gusty ingans wi' a curn of spice; Fat are the puddings,—heads and feet weel sung.'

From Project Gutenberg

"I was ance gain to speir what was the matter, but I saw a curn o' camla-like fallows wi' them, an' I thought they were a' fremit to me, an' sae they might eat ither as Towy's hawks did, for onything that I cared."—Journal from London.

From Project Gutenberg

A gude curn wives were oot waitin' their tatties, an' they roared to Sandy to stop; but Sandy cudna.

From Project Gutenberg

A foll curn fowk startit to the lauchin' when Sandy said this; but, faigs, mind ye, the lassie fairly astonished me.

From Project Gutenberg