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Ayrshire
noun · 78% connection
One of a superior breed of cattle from Ayrshire, Scotland. Ayrshires are notable for the quantity and quality of their milk.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Bagpipe
noun · 78% connection
A musical wind instrument, now used chiefly in the Highlands of Scotland.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Bailie
noun · 78% connection
An officer in Scotland, whose office formerly corresponded to that of sheriff, but now corresponds to that of an English alderman.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Bannock
noun · 78% connection
A kind of cake or bread, in shape flat and roundish, commonly made of oatmeal or barley meal and baked on an iron plate, or griddle; -…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Barony
noun · 78% connection
In Ireland, a territorial division, corresponding nearly to the English hundred, and supposed to have been originally the district of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Beltane
noun · 78% connection
A festival of the heathen Celts on the first day of May, in the observance of which great bonfires were kindled. It still exists in a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Blackmail
noun · 78% connection
A certain rate of money, corn, cattle, or other thing, anciently paid, in the north of England and south of Scotland, to certain men w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Bluegown
noun · 78% connection
One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed ce…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Bonnet
noun · 78% connection
A soft, elastic, very durable cap, made of thick, seamless woolen stuff, and worn by men in Scotland.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Boot
noun · 78% connection
An instrument of torture for the leg, formerly used to extort confessions, particularly in Scotland.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Borough
noun · 78% connection
In England, an incorporated town that is not a city; also, a town that sends members to parliament; in Scotland, a body corporate, con…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Brunonian
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, of Scot…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Burgh
noun · 78% connection
A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Bursary
noun · 78% connection
A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in Scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Cairngormstone
unknown · 78% connection
A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Caledonia
noun · 78% connection
The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Caledonian
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
Caledonite
noun · 78% connection
A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: scotland, highlands.
