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  • 81Southdean —    SOUTHDEAN, a parish, in the district of Jedburgh, county of Roxburgh, 10 miles (S. by W.) from Jedburgh; containing, with the village of Chesters, 868 inhabitants. This place, which is also called Chesters, derives the name of Southdean,… …

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  • 82Sutherlandshire —    SUTHERLANDSHIRE, a county, in the north of Scotland, bounded on the north by the North Sea; on the, east and north east, by Caithness shire; on the south, by Ross shire and the Frith of Dornoch; on the south east, by the Moray and Dornoch… …

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  • 83Twynholm —    TWYNHOLM, a parish, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, 3 miles (N. by W.) from Kirkcudbright; containing 777 inhabitants, of whom 216 are in the village. This place, of which the name, supposed to be a corruption of Twynham, is descriptive of… …

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  • 84Uist, North —    UIST, NORTH, an island and parish, in the county of Inverness; containing, with the islands of Balishear, Boreray, Grimsay, Heisker, Illary, Kirkibbost, Vorgay, Orinsay, Ronay, and Vallay, 4428 inhabitants, of whom 3788 are in the island of… …

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  • 85Westerkirk —    WESTERKIRK, a parish, in the county of Dumfries, 6 miles (N. W.) from Langholm; containing 638 inhabitants. This place is by some writers supposed to have derived its name, originally Wester Ker or Wester Caer, from its situation to the west… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 86cloth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. material, stuff, fabric, textile; fiber, synthetic; [dry, bolt, or piece] goods, remnant; napkin, dust cloth, etc. See materials. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. fabric, material, stuff, goods, dry goods,… …

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  • 87Fabric and Cloth — This is a rather odd category, listing 269 names of kinds of fabric and cloth. There is an enormous variety in fabrics, with many different national, historical and regional varieties. It is interesting to note, however, that almost all of the… …

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  • 88domestic sheep — noun any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin • Syn: ↑Ovis aries • Hypernyms: ↑sheep • Hyponyms: ↑Cotswold, ↑Hampshire, ↑Hampshire down, ↑Lin …

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  • 89Ovis aries — noun any of various breeds raised for wool or edible meat or skin • Syn: ↑domestic sheep • Hypernyms: ↑sheep • Hyponyms: ↑Cotswold, ↑Hampshire, ↑Hampshire down, ↑ …

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