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NEWBURGH , a royal and See also:

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

police See also:

burgh of Fifeshire, See also:

Scotland. Pop. (1901) 1904. It is situated on the See also:

Firth of See also:

Tay, 7 M. N.W. of Ladyhank Junction by the See also:

North See also:

BRITISH

British Railway. Its See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries chiefly consist of the making of See also:

LINEN

linen and See also:

FLOORCLOTH

floorcloth, malting and See also:

QUARRYING

quarrying, and there are See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries, especially of See also:

salmon. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is used for the transhipment of the cargoes of See also:

Perth-See also:

BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound vessels of over 200 tons. On high ground, about r m. S.W., stand the remains (only the See also:

PEDESTAL (Fr. piedestal, Ital. piedestallo, foot of a stall)

pedestal) of See also:

MACDUFF

Macduff's See also:

CROSS

Cross, which marks the spot where the See also:

CLAN (Gaelic clann, O. Ir. cland, connected with Lat. planta, shoot or scion, the ancient Gaelic or Goidelic substituting k for p)

clan Macduff—in return for the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief's services against See also:

MACBETH

Macbeth—was granted rights of See also:

SANCTUARY (from the late Lat. sanctuarium, a sacred place)

sanctuary and See also:

composition for See also:

MURDER

murder done in hot See also:

BLOOD

blood. Denmyln See also:

castle, about 1z m. S.E. of Newburgh, was the See also:

home for more than 250 years of the See also:

Balfour See also:

FAMILY

family, of which the two See also:

BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

James (16o0-16J7), the annalist and See also:

Lyon See also:

King, and Sir See also:

Andrew (163o-1694), founder of the Botanic See also:

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

Garden in See also:

EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, were the most distinguished members. Lindores See also:

abbey, the See also:

gem of the See also:

DISTRICT

district, is situated on the Tay, See also:

close to Newburgh, and 11 m.

N. of the See also:

VILLAGE

village of Lindores. Of the See also:

BENEDICTINE

Benedictine abbey, founded in 1178 by See also:

David, See also:

EARL

earl of See also:

HUNTING (the verbal substantive from " hunt "; O. Eng. huntian, hunta; apparently connected with O. Eng. hentan, Gothic hinpan, to capture, O.H.G. hunda,booty)

Hunting-See also:

don, See also:

BROTHER

brother of See also:

William the See also:

Lion, there only remain the groined See also:

arch of the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal entrance, a portion of the See also:

west See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower and other See also:

Early See also:

ENGLISH

English fragments, but the ground See also:

plan of the whole structure can still be traced. The monks were noted agriculturists and their orchards famous. At Blackearnside, a See also:

FOREST

forest of alders, to the See also:

east of the village, See also:

Wallace defeated the earl of See also:

Pembroke in 1298.

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