Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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†CHANROCK, n. “A channel of round stones” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 131). Not known to our correspondents. Given as obs. in E.D.D. Suppl. (1905).
[The first element is prob. the same as Channer, n.1, gravel.]