sb. and a. Sc. Also 9 stani-, steinraw. [f. stane STONE sb. + raw:—OE. raʓu lichen. Cf. Sc. aikraw lichen (f. aik = oak).]
A. sb. The stone-lichen Parmelia saxatilis, used for dyeing (see quot. 1861).
1777. J. Lightfoot, Flora Scotica, II. 816. Lichen saxatilis … Staneraw.
1806. P. Neill, Tour Orkneys, etc. 50. Lichen saxatilis … throughout the north of Scotland called Steinraw.
1861. H. Macmillan, Footn. Page Nat., 118. The common stone lichen … is still collected abundantly by the Scottish peasantry, under the name of staneraw, to dye woollen stuff of a dirty purple or reddish-brown colour.
B. adj. Dyed reddish-brown with staneraw.
1820. Hogg, Wint. Even. T., I. 316 (Jam.). The staniraw stockings and red garters, in his hurry, he took in his teeth.
