Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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¶ECHO-STANE, n. comb. “A black hard stone, full of holes, common in meadows and bogs. They can be made into good channel-stanes. Their cavities make them of a sound-returning nature, hence the name” (Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 193).
