cairngorm

[ kairn-gawrm ]

/ ˈkɛərnˌgɔrm /

noun

smoky quartz.

Nearby words

caird, caird coast, cairene, cairn, cairn terrier, cairngorm, cairngorm mountains, cairngorms, cairns, cairo, caisson

Origin of cairngorm

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

Also called Cairngorm stone.

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Examples from the Web for cairngorm

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
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
But it is not true that the Cairngorm range of mountains is a distant place to tourists.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, No. 382, October 1847|Various

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

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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