Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of scientific terms with Scottish connections).
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DALRADIAN, adj. Geol. Referring to the series of metamorphic rocks extending from Kintyre to Rattray Head in Aberdeenshire (1891 Sir A. Geikie in Proc. Geol. Soc. London XLVII. 75).
[From the Celtic Kingdom of Dalriada in Argyll.]
