Cairn definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary CAIRN, n. A heap of stones. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005 ... 2: small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland [syn: cairn, cairn terrier] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: Middle English (Scots) carne ... from Scottish Gaelic carn; akin to Old Irish & Welsh carn cairn Date: 15th century a heap of stones piled up as ... rough stones as a monument or landmark. 2 (in full cairn terrier) a a small terrier of a breed with ...
cairn terrier definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland [syn: cairn, cairn terrier] Merriam Webster's noun Etymology: from its use in ...
... heap of stones," and `edh, "witness." The meaning therefore is "cairn" or "heap of witness," corresponding to yeghar-sahddhutha' in Aramaic (Ge 31:47). It is applied to the cairn raised by Jacob and Laban, beside which they sealed their ... meal, the memory of which they appealed to the silent cairn to preserve. The ancient custom of associating events with inanimate ...
... mound" (the Revised Version (British and American), margin), or "yonder cairn"; and in 1Sa 20:41 instead of "out of a ... toward the South" it reads "from beside the mound" or "cairn." Dr. Cheyne suggests "yonder juniper tree" (Encyclopaedia Biblica, under the ...
... arable land, then a flat top crowned by a ruined cairn, then a narrower ridge ending in the summit called Siagbah ... knob" or "tumulus") applies to the flat top with the cairn, and the name Tal`at es-Sufa to the ascent ...
Cairngormstone definitions Webster's 1913 Dictionary Cairngormstone Cairn*gorm"stone` [Gael. carn a cairn + gorm azure.] (Min.) A yellow or smoky brown variety of ...