corkir Sc.
Also korkir.
[Gaelic corcur: see cork n.2]
A kind of lichen furnishing a red dye: see cork n.2
| 1703 M. Martin W. Isl. 135 (Jam.) The stones on which the scurf call'd Corkir grows..on the coast, and in the hills. This scurf dyes a pretty crimson colour. 1760 Pocock Tour Scot. (1881) 92 Two seaweeds for dying grow on the stones there, Corkir for crimson and Crottil for Philamorte. 1775 L. Shaw Moray 156 (Jam. s.v. Korkie). 1856 Lindsay Brit. Lichens 225 This Lichen [Lecanora tartarea] is the ‘Cork’ or ‘Korkir’ of many parts of the Highlands. |