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  • 1richly — rich|ly [ˈrıtʃli] adv 1.) if something is richly decorated, it is decorated a lot, in a way that is beautiful ▪ a richly carved ceiling ▪ a cloak richly embroidered with gold thread 2.) if someone is richly dressed, they are dressed in expensive… …

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  • 2Ardchattan —    ARDCHATTAN, a parish, in the district of Lorn, county of Argyll, 8 miles (E. N. E.) from Oban; containing 2421 inhabitants, of whom 960 are in the quoad sacra parish of Muckairn. This place is supposed to have derived its name from Catan, who… …

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  • 3Aberdour —    1) ABERDOUR, a parish, in the district of Deer, county of Aberdeen; comprising the village of Pennan, and containing 1645 inhabitants, of whom 376 are in the village of New Aberdour, 8 miles (W. by S.) from Fraserburgh. The name of this place… …

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  • 4Ancrum —    ANCRUM, a parish, in the district of Jedburgh, county of Roxburgh, 4 miles (N. W. by N.) from Jedburgh; containing 1407 inhabitants, of whom 499 are in the village. This place, of which the name, anciently Alnecrumb, is derived from the… …

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  • 5Aberdeen, Old —    ABERDEEN, OLD, or Old Machar,a parish, chiefly without, but partly within, the city of Aberdeen, county of Aberdeen; comprising the quoad sacra districts of Bon Accord, Gilcomston, Holburn, and Woodside; and containing 28,020 inhabitants, of… …

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  • 6Dunoon and Kilmun —    DUNOON and KILMUN, a parish, in the district of Cowal, county of Argyll, 7½ miles (W. by S.) from Greenock; containing 4211 inhabitants. The early history of this parish is involved in great obscurity, and rests chiefly on tradition. Its… …

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  • 7Elgin —    ELGIN, a burgh, market town, and parish, in the county of Elgin, of which it is the capital, 63½ miles (N. W.) from Aberdeen, and 174 (N.) from Edinburgh; containing 5216 inhabitants, of whom 4325 are in the town. This place appears to have… …

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  • 8Forres —    FORRES, a royal burgh and parish, in the county of Elgin, 12 miles (W. by S.) from Elgin; containing 3711 inhabitants, of whom 2844 are in the burgh. This place, of which the name, in the Gaelic language, is descriptive of its situation on the …

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  • 9Monivaird and Strowan —    MONIVAIRD and STROWAN, a parish, in the county of Perth, 3 miles (N. W.) from Crieff; containing 853 inhabitants. The word Monivaird is a corruption of the Gaelic term Moivard, or Monvard, signifying the hill of the bards. Strowan is corrupted …

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  • 10Perthshire —    PERTHSHIRE, an inland and most extensive county, nearly in the centre of Scotland, bounded on the north and north west by Inverness shire; on the east by the county of Forfar; on the south east by the counties of Fife and Kinross; on the south …

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