Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1960 (SND Vol. V).
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†KIURNIE, adj. Of meal: rough, having large grains, in combs.: 1. kiurnie-bread, bread made from meal ground in a quern; 2. kiurnie-meal, meal ground in a quern or hand-mill (Cai., Sth. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 175). See also Quern, n.21. e.Rs. 1847 Sc. Farmer (2 July) 594:
Quern-made meal makes the very best bread and porridge. In Easter Ross it is used by way of a rare dainty, principally for “Old New Year's Day”; and bread so made is baked thick, and called Kiurnie-bread.
