stone-rawn.
= staneraw n.
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1802 W. Scott & J. Leyden Introd. Tamlane in W. Scott Minstrelsy Sc. Border II. 215 The usual dress of the fairies is green; though on the moors, they have been sometimes observed in heath-brown, or in weeds dyed with the stoneraw, or lichen.
1853 G. Johnston Terra Lindisfarnensis I. 265 Parmelia saxatilis... Stoneraw: Staney-rag. It is employed..in dyeing stockings and nightcaps of a dirty orange-brown colour.
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