The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
acclivities — ac·cliv·i·ty || É™ klɪvÉ™tɪ n. upward slope, ascending slope of a hill … English contemporary dictionary
Ardchattan — 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… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Biggar — BIGGAR, a parish and market town, in the Upper ward of the county of Lanark, 12 miles (S. E.) from Lanark, on the road from Dumfries to Edinburgh; containing 1865 inhabitants, of whom 1395 are in the town. The original name of this place, as… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Dunkeld and Dowally — DUNKELD and DOWALLY, a parish, in the county of Perth, 15 miles (N. by W.) from Perth, and 55 (N. N. W.) from Edinburgh; comprising the ancient city of Dunkeld, partly within the parish of Caputh; for many years the seat of the primacy of the… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Edinburgh — EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Kirriemuir — KIRRIEMUIR, a burgh of barony, market town, and parish, in the county of Forfar; containing, with the village of Northmuir, 7085 inhabitants, of whom 3067 are in the town, 6 miles (W. N. W.) from Forfar, and 20 (N. by W.) from Dundee. This… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Lochalsh — LOCHALSH, a parish, in the district of Mainland, county of Ross and Cromarty, 9 miles (W. N. W.) from Kintail; containing, with the village and late quoad sacra parish of Plockton, 2597 inhabitants. This parish, of which the name is said to be … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Perthshire — 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 … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
Urquhart and Glenmorriston — URQUHART and GLENMORRISTON, a parish, in the district of Mainland, county of Inverness, the former place 18 miles (N. E. by N.) and the latter 7 miles (N.) from Fort Augustus; containing, with the villages of Invermorriston, and East and West… … A Topographical dictionary of Scotland
horizontal measurement — The use of the chain in measuring land which is mountainous or hilly in such manner that it is kept level rather than following the acclivities or depressions. The antithesis of the surface measurement wherein the chain is run along the surface,… … Ballentine's law dictionary
