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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
CUAIN, adj. Used attrib. in comb. cuain whaul, “the bottle-nose whale” (Sh. 1932 J. M. E. Saxby Sh. Trad. Lore 202).
[Prob. variant of caain' whale, s.v. Ca', v.2, n.2]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Cuain adj.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 14 Jan 2025 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/cuain>
