Bairn was a common Scottish language word for "child".
History and specifics[]
Montgomery Scott often used this term to affectionately refer to the engineering technology on the starships he was assigned to. (TOS novel: The Better Man)
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- TOS novel: Spock, Messiah!
- TOS novel: The Wounded Sky
- TOS novel: The Better Man
- TOS novel: Savage Trade