sòrn

See also: sorn and SORN

Scottish Gaelic

Etymology

From Old Irish sorn (“furnace, oven, kiln”), from Latin furnus.

Noun

sòrn m (genitive singular sùirn, plural sùirn)

  1. snout
  2. flue of a kiln or oven
  3. concavity
  4. (Uist) kiln for drying corn
  5. disagreeable visage
  6. hearth
  7. fireplace of an oven or kiln

References
  • Edward Dwelly (1911) “sòrn”, in Faclair Gàidhlig gu Beurla le Dealbhan [The Illustrated Gaelic–English Dictionary]‎, 10th edition, Edinburgh: Birlinn Limited, →ISBN
  • G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “sorn”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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