slaty structure
101Fodderty — FODDERTY, a parish, in the county of Ross and Cromarty, 2 miles (W.) from Dingwall; containing, with the villages of Auchterneed, Keithtown, and Maryburgh, the island of Balblair, and part of the quoad sacra districts of Carnoch and… …
102Kirkmahoe — KIRKMAHOE, a parish, in the county of Dumfries, 3½ miles (N.) from Dumfries; containing, with the villages of Dalswinton, Duncow, and Kirkton, 1568 inhabitants. The appellation of this parish is of doubtful origin; but it is supposed to have… …
103Kirkpatrick-Durham — KIRKPATRICK DURHAM, a parish, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright; containing, with part of the village of Crocketford, 1484 inhabitants, of whom 500 are in the village of Kirkpatrick Durham, 5½ miles (N. N. E.) from Castle Douglas. This place… …
104Southend — SOUTHEND, a parish, in the district of Cantyre, county of Argyll, 7½ miles (S. by W.) from Campbelltown; containing, with the island of Sanda, 1594 inhabitants. This place takes its present name, which it has had only since the Reformation,… …
105porphyroid — /ˈpɔfərɔɪd/ (say pawfuhroyd) noun 1. a rock resembling porphyry. 2. a sedimentary rock which has been altered by some metamorphic agency so as to take on a slaty and more or less perfectly developed porphyritic structure …
