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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HEBRIDEAN, adj. Referring to the Western or Lewisian gneisses of the Northern Highlands (1883 C. Callaway in Quarterly Jnl. Geol. Soc. XXXIX. 355). The name is now obs. in this usage. See Lewisian.
