n. [ Ir. ceard a tinker. ] A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gael. carn, gen. cairn, a heap: cf. Ir. & W. carn. ]
Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]
adj. piled up, like a cairn. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
prop. n. (Geography) The capital