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  • 111Nairnshire —    NAIRNSHIRE, a county, in the north east of Scotland, bounded on the north by the Moray Frith, on the east by Elginshire and a detached portion of the county of Inverness, on the south by Elginshire, and on the west and south west by Inverness… …

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  • 112Newburgh —    1) NEWBURGH, a village and sea port, in the parish of Foveran, district of Ellon, county of Aberdeen, 5 miles (S. E. by S.) from Ellon; containing 393 inhabitants. This is a small but flourishing place, situated on the bank of the river Ythan …

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  • 113Penpont —    PENPONT, a parish and village, and the seat of a presbytery, in the county of Dumfries, 2 miles (W. S. W.) from Thornhill; containing 1266 inhabitants, of whom 492 are in the village. This parish is supposed to have derived its name from a… …

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  • 114Port Of Monteith —    PORT OF MONTEITH, a parish, in the county of Perth, 9½ miles (W.) from Doune; containing, with the villages of Gartmore, Ruskie, and Tomachar, 1446 inhabitants. This place, which is of considerable antiquity, appears to have derived its… …

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  • 115Portsoy —    PORTSOY, a sea port town, a burgh of barony, and lately a quoad sacra parish, in the parish of Fordyce, county of Banff, 8 miles (W. by N.) from Banff, and 18 (E. by N.) from Fochabars; containing 1720 inhabitants, of whom 1523 are in the… …

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  • 116Sandwick and Cunningsburgh —    SANDWICK and CUNNINGSBURGH, a quoad sacra parish, in the parish of Dunrossness, county of Orkney and Shetland, 9 miles (S. by W.) from Lerwick; containing 2167 inhabitants. This place comprises the ancient parishes of Sandwick and… …

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  • 117ríðig — n ( es/ ) streamlet …

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  • 118sike — North Country (Newcastle) Words 1. such 2. a streamlet of water …

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  • 119brook — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. stream, creek, rivulet, run. See water. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. creek, stream, streamlet; see river 1 . v. Syn. tolerate, suffer, stand for, accept; see endure 2 . See Synonym Study at endure . III… …

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  • 120stream — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. river, streamlet, rivulet, rill; gush; trickle; creek, brook, runnel, runlet; current, flow, flux, course, flood, tide, race; shower, outpouring, downpouring. v. i. issue; pour out, forth, or down;… …

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