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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Cornish . Doublet of cairn.
Pronunciation
Noun
karn (plural karns)
- (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
Verb
karn
- inflection of karnen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
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