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Definition of Cairngorm
1. Noun. A smoky yellow or brown quartz.
Definition of Cairngorm
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cairngorm
Literary usage of Cairngorm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Great Britain: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1897)
"top of cairngorm (4084 ft.; view) and descend thence through Rothiemurchus
Forest (guide or good map and compass desirable; also plenty of daylight). ..."
2. Black's Picturesque Tourist of Scotland by Adam and Charles Black (Firm), Adam and Charles Black (Firm (1861)
"Cairn-toul, 4230; cairngorm, 4050; Ben-a-bourd, 3940; and Ben-A'an, 3920; Lochnagar,
3789. ... CASTLETON TO BEN-MUICH-DHUI, LOCH A'AN, AND cairngorm. ..."
3. A Hand-book of Precious Stones by Meyer Daniel Rothschild (1889)
"This species of transparent quartz takes its name from cairngorm in Inver- ...
The cairngorm is used for seals, beads, and some of the cheaper jewels, ..."
4. Passages from the English Note-books of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Nathaniel Hawthorne, Sophia Peabody Hawthorne (1870)
"Again after dinner we walked out, looking at the shop-windows of jewellers, where
ornaments made of cairngorm pebbles are the most peculiar attraction. ..."
5. Scottish Mountaineering Club Journal by Scottish Mountaineering Club (1903)
"By cairngorm - (3.) From Nethy Bridge viA Strath Nethy, ... cairngorm of Derry (3788
feet) ... 3. ..."
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