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  • 91Charles River — River, eastern Massachusetts, U.S. The longest river wholly in the state, it flows into Boston Bay after a course of about 80 mi (130 km). Navigable for about 7 mi (11 km), its estuary separates the cities of Boston and Cambridge. * * * ▪ river,… …

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  • 92Eider River — River, Schleswig Holstein state, northern Germany. It rises east of Rendsburg and flows west for 117 mi (188 km) to the North Sea. It is navigable up to Rendsburg. It formed the northern limit of the Roman Empire from the reign of Charlemagne… …

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  • 93Lahn River — River, western Germany. A tributary of the Rhine River, it rises in western Germany and after a southerly course reaches the Rhine at Lahnstein. It is 152 mi (245 km) long. Small barges are able to navigate to Giessen on the partly canalized… …

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  • 94canoeing — Use of a canoe or kayak for recreation or competition. Both types of boat are used in water touring, in speed competitions, and in white water sport, or navigation through rapids (which includes, in the case of kayaks, ocean surf). The Scottish… …

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  • 95SEINE —    1) an important river of France, rises in the tableland of Langres, takes a winding course to the NW., passing many important towns, Troyes, Fontainebleau, Paris, St. Denis, Rouen, &c., and discharges into the English Channel by a broad… …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 96Airlie —    AIRLIE, a parish, in the county of Forfar, 4 miles (W. S. W.) from Kirriemuir; containing 868 inhabitants. The name of this place, written in ancient records Errolly, Erolly, Irolly, and Airlie, is altogether of uncertain derivation, but is… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 97Dailly —    DAILLY, a parish, in the district of Carrick, county of Ayr, 6 miles (S. by W.) from Maybole; containing 2272 inhabitants, of whom 591 are in the village. The parish is about seven miles in length, from east to west, and varies from four to… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 98Edinkillie —    EDINKILLIE, or Edenkeillie, a parish, in the county of Elgin, 8¾ miles (S.) from Forres; containing 1237 inhabitants. This place derives its name, signifying in the Gaelic language the face of the wood, from the ancient forests of Darnaway and …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 99Falkirk —    FALKIRK, a burgh, market town, and parish, in the county of Stirling; including the villages of Barleyside, Bonnybridge, Camelon, Glen, and Laurieston, with part of the late quoad sacra district of Grange mouth; and containing 15,621… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 100Fossoway —    FOSSOWAY, a parish, in the counties of Kinross and Perth, 6 miles (W.) from Kinross, and 8 (N. E. by E.) from Alloa; containing, with the villages of Blairingone, Crook of Devon, and Easter and Wester Gartwhinean, 1724 inhabitants. This parish …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland