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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Kernit, var. of kairnit Carnit p.p. (cairned; marked out with boundary cairns). —1617 Antiq. Aberd. & B. IV. 686.
Marched with the said stank as the samen is presentlie kernit
