Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete spelling of
cairn .
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Examples
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Alfred started to stand up, slipped on a smattering of kairn-grass seeds, and sat back down again.
The Seventh Gate Hickman, Tracy, 1955- 1994
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Consequently, though he did so with misgivings, Xar shut the door made of braided kairn grass, marked it with Patryn runes of warding so that it could not be opened.
Into the Labyrinth Hickman, Tracy 1993
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