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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X).
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CRIEFF, prop. n. A curling-stone made from a quarry at Crieff in Per.Sc. 1874 Channel-Stane (1883) 23:
The “Crieffs” are of a great variety of colour, black, green, and white.