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  • 91Harris —    HARRIS, a parish, comprising the southern division of the island of Lewis, in the county of Inverness, 44 miles (N. W.) from Portree; and containing, with the islands designated Bernera, Ensay, Hermitray, Killigray, Pabbay, Scalpay, Scarp, and …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 92Jedburgh —    JEDBURGH, a burgh, market town, and parish, in the district of Jedburgh, county of Roxburgh, of which it is the capital, 11 miles (S. W. by S.) from Kelso, and 49 (S. E. by S.) from Edinburgh; containing, with the villages of Bongate,… …

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  • 93Kilmorie —    KILMORIE, a parish, in the Isle of Arran, county of Bute, 24 miles (S. W. by W.) from Saltcoats; containing 3455 inhabitants. This place, which occupies the western portion of Arran, and derives its name from the dedication of its ancient… …

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  • 94Wigtonshire —    WIGTONSHIRE, a maritime county, in the south west of Scotland, bounded on the north by Ayrshire; on the east by the stewartry or county of Kirkcudbright and by Wigton bay; and on the south and west by the Irish Sea. It lies between 54° 38 and… …

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  • 95walls — It was essential in ancient times to protect vineyards with walls of unhewn stones and cities [[➝ city]] with quite massive fortifications. The earliest walls of Jericho consisted of solid stone 2 m. (6 feet) thick. From the walls defenders of a… …

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  • 96formlessness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of shape Nouns formlessness, shapelessness, amorphism, informity; deformity, disfigurement, defacement, derangement, mutilation; disorder, chaos; distortion. Verbs deface, disfigure, deform, mutilate …

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  • 97unpreparedness — (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Lack of preparation Nouns 1. unpreparedness, unreadiness, improvidence, imprudence; inadvertence (see inattention); negligence; improvisation, unpremeditation (see impulse); immaturity, prematurity. See… …

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  • 98Amorphism — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence of form. < N PARAG:Amorphism >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 amorphism amorphism informity Sgm: N 1 unlicked cub unlicked cub Sgm: N 1 rudis indigestaque moles rudis indigestaque moles Sgm: N 1 disorder disorder &c. 59 …

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  • 99atom — late 15c., as a hypothetical indivisible body, the building block of the universe, from L. atomus (especially in Lucretius) indivisible particle, from Gk. atomos uncut, unhewn; indivisible, from a not + tomos a cutting, from temnein to cut (see… …

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  • 100cyclopean — Cy·clo·pe·an || saɪ kləʊpjÉ™n adj. formed of large unhewn stones fitted closely together without the use of mortar or cement (Architecture) …

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