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cairn [kɛən] n 1. a mound of stones erected as a memorial or marker 2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) Also called cairn terrier a small rough-haired breed of terrier originally from Scotland [from Gaelic carn] Cairn a pile of stones, usually erected to mark a spot as a memorial or to mark a cache of provisions, etc., 1535. ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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| After this, the Achaeans pile him a cairn and hold games in his honour. Constantly my eyes scanned the blinding waste of sand for the ricky cairn beneath which I was to find the wires leading to Pellucidar--but always was I unsuccessful. When his body and armour had been burned to ashes, we raised a cairn, set a stone over it, and at the top of the cairn we fixed the oar that he had been used to row with. |
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