karn

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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Cornish [Term?]. Doublet of cairn.

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Noun

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karn (plural karns)

  1. (mining, dated) A pile of rocks.
    • 1754, William Borlase, Observations on the Antiquities, Historical and Monumental, of the County of Cornwall, page 132:
      Besides the single bason above-mention'd, I could not perceive one in all the rocks; but in a Karn below, overlooking, and it's sides almost perpendicular to the sea, I saw many furrows and clefts crossing the surface of the upper rocks; this lower-most Karn is call'd in the Cornish tongue Karn-a-wethen, that is, the Tree-Karn []
    • 1816, Richard Polwhele, The History of Cornwall, Civil, Military, Religious, Architectural, Agricultural, Commercial, Biographical, and Miscellaneous, page 30:
      This gorseddau lies opposite to a karn of rocks, which is called the Cheese-wring.
    • 1817, Charles Sandoe Gilbert, A Historical Survey of the County of Cornwall, page 175:
      This quoit was brought from a karn about a furlong distance, near which is another cromlech, not so large.

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɑrn

Verb

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karn

  1. inflection of karnen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

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