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  • 61pays — 1. pays [ pei ] n. m. • v. 1360; païsXe; bas lat. page(n)sis « habitant d un pagus, d un bourg, d un canton », et par ext. le pagus lui même 1 ♦ Territoire habité par une collectivité et constituant une réalité géographique dénommée; nation. Les… …

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  • 62delicate — Synonyms and related words: Herculean, Victorian, abstruse, accommodating, accommodative, accurate, adept, aerial, agreeable, airy, allergic, ambrosial, anaphylactic, appreciative, arduous, attentive, attenuate, attenuated, balmy, becoming,… …

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  • 63Abercrombie —    ABERCROMBIE, or St. Monan s, a parish, in the district of St. Andrew s, county of Fife, 2 miles (W. by S.) from Pittenweem; containing 1157 inhabitants, of whom 1029 are in the town of St. Monan s. This place, which appears to have been a… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 64Bothwell —    BOTHWELL, a parish, in the Middle ward of the county of Lanark; including the villages of Bellshill, Chapelhall, Holytown, Newarthill, and Uddingston; and containing 11,175 inhabitants, of whom 570 are in the village of Bothwell, 8 miles (S. E …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 65Kirkden —    KIRKDEN, a parish, in the county of Forfar, 5 miles (E. by S.) from Forfar; containing, with the village of Friockheim, 1483 inhabitants. This place, which was anciently called Idvie, from the situation of the glebe lands in that barony,… …

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  • 66Kirkmichael and Cullicudden —    KIRKMICHAEL and CULLICUDDEN, a parish, in the county of Ross and Cromarty, 7 miles (N. N. W.) from Fortrose; containing, with the village of Jemimaville, and the hamlets of Balblair and Gordon Mills, 1549 inhabitants, of whom 1410 are in the… …

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  • 67Lesmahago —    LESMAHAGO, a parish, in the Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 6 miles (S. W. by W.) from Lanark, and 22 (S. S. E.) from Glasgow; including the villages of Abbey Green and Turfholm, Boghead, Crossford, Hazelbank, Kirkfield Bank, Kirkmuirhill …

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  • 68Monquhitter —    MONQUHITTER, a parish, in the district of Turriff, county of Aberdeen, 6 miles (E.) from Turriff; containing, with the villages of Cuminestown and Garmond, 2074 inhabitants. The farm on which the church was originally built was termed… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 69Quivox, St. —    QUIVOX, ST., a parish, in the district of Kyle, county of Ayr, 2 miles (N. E.) from Ayr; containing, with the village of Whiteletts, and the late quoad sacra district of Wallacetown, 6055 inhabitants. This place, anciently written St. Kevoch,… …

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  • 70Stewarton —    STEWARTON, a parish, in the district of Cunninghame, county of Ayr, 9 miles (N. E.) from Irvine; containing, with the late quoad sacra parish of New Church, and the burgh of Stewarton, 4656 inhabitants, of whom 1396 were included in the quoad… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland