Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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CHUN, n.2 Also chuin. A small sheet of water, a little lake, freq. in Ork. Place-names (Ork. 1970 H. Marwick Place-Names Birsay 5). [tʃʌ(i)n]Sh. 1771 Old-Lore Misc. IV. ii. 93:
Parting with Sandwick, runs with Week scattald on the right to stones laid on a rock near a chun or myre.
[Norw. dial. kjønn, tjønn, O.N. tjrn, a tarn or small lake.]
