cairngorm

[ kairn-gawrm ]

/ ˈkɛərnˌgɔrm /

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noun

smoky quartz.

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Also called Cairngorm stone .

Origin of cairngorm

1785–95; short for Cairngorm stone, i.e., stone from Cairngorm Mountains

Words nearby cairngorm

ça ira, caird, Caird Coast, Cairene, cairn, cairngorm, Cairngorm Mountains, Cairns, cairn terrier, Cairo, caisson

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How to use cairngorm in a sentence

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.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson, Volume XXI|Robert Louis Stevenson
My father was a rubber—a massage man for the Earl of Cairngorm.
Witch Winnie's Mystery, or The Old Oak Cabinet|Elizabeth W. Champney
So Kit shook his whip, and the Cairngorm flashed in the sun, and the spirit of youth did the same.
Cripps, the Carrier|R. D. (Richard Doddridge) Blackmore
Cairngorm: a yellow or brown variety of crystallized quartz found in Cairngorm, Scotland.
Tom Brown at Rugby|Thomas Hughes

We are glad to see that the obsolete Highland Practice of muffling the ears in a cairngorm has been definitely discarded.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, January 14, 1920|Various

British Dictionary definitions for cairngorm

cairngorm

/ (ˈkɛənˌɡɔːm, ˌkernˈɡɒrm) /

noun

a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstoneAlso called: smoky quartz

Word Origin for cairngorm

C18: from Cairn Gorm (literally: blue cairn), mountain in Scotland where it is found

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