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Originally appearing in Volume V15, Page 475 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police See also:

burgh of See also:

RENFREWSHIRE

Renfrewshire, See also:

Scotland, on the See also:

Black See also:

CART (A.S. crcet, Gaelic cairt; connected with " car ")

Cart, 11 m. W. of See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow by the Glasgow & See also:

South-Western railway. Pop. (1901), 10,503. The leading See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries include See also:

FLAX

flax-See also:

SPINNING (from O. Eng. spinnen, to spin, cf. Ger. spinnen, &c., the Teut. root is seen, to draw out, cf. span, spider)

spinning, See also:

cotton manufactures (with the introduction of which in 1781 the prosperity of the See also:

TOWN

town began), See also:

paper-making, See also:

SHOE (a word appearing in the Teutonic languages in various forms, as Ger. Schuh, Swed. and Dan. sko, sometimes supposed to come from an unknown root ska or sku, cover)

shoe-See also:

LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace making, See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron and See also:

brass foundries and See also:

ENGINEERING

engineering See also:

WORKS

works. There are also See also:

COAL

coal mines and oil works in the vicinity. Elderslie, 1 m. E.; is the reputed birthplace of See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

William See also:

Wallace, but it is doubtful if " Wallace's See also:

YEW (Taxus baccata)

Yew," though of See also:

GREAT

great See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age, and " Wallace's See also:

OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

Oak," a See also:

FINE

fine old See also:

tree that perished in a See also:

storm in 1856, and the small castellated See also:

BUILDING

building (traditionally his See also:

house) which preceded the See also:

PRESENT

present See also:

MANSION (through O. Fr. mansion, mod. maison, from Lat. mansio, dwelling-place, stage on a journey; manere, to remain)

mansion in the See also:

west end of the See also:

VILLAGE

village, existed in his See also:

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