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First published 2000 (DOST Vol. VIII).
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Salineer(e, Salyneere, Sallineor. [? f. L. salīnus, f. sal salt: cf. OF salinière (1252 in Larousse) place where salt is made.] Salineer(e stone, stane, a kind of small stone or grit, said, in accounts of exploration for gold, to occur in conjunction with gold. — 15.. M. Napier Mem. J. Napier 234.
Saxeere stones, … calamineere stones [and] salineere stones as small as the mustard seede, and some like meall; and the sappar stone in lumps 1616 Reg. Privy C. X 531.
Stevin Aitkinsoun, Englishman … sall mak ane new searche, tryall and discoverie of the mynes, seames and minerallis in Crafurde Mure with the saxeere the calumyneere and the salyneere stanes 16.. Macfarlane's Geog. Coll. III 31.
Sallineor Ib. 38.
All the last gold of Scotland … mingled with the sappar, calaminar, saxere and salineer stones, was gotten at Short-cleuch-braes