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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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CAIRNY, adj. Also cairney. Stony, abounding in cairns.Sc. 1804 Folklore LXVII. 88: 
I was formerly the farmer of the Wren's Croft; and indeed it was very difficult to labour; it was wild, balky, stony, cairney, and the furrow ill to clear.Rnf. 1807 R. Tannahill Poems 150:
The rose blooms on cairny brae.