Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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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]
