Sea-weed

  • 111adhesive pad — (CNIDARIA: Hydrozoa) In some medusae, an adhesive sucker near tip of the tentacles utilized for clinging to sea weed …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 112goëmon — (go è mon) s. m. Varech ou herbe marine.    Engrais végétal composé de plantes de la famille des algues, recueillies sur les rochers au bord de la mer. REMARQUE    On a écrit gouesmon : Pour régler les jours auxquels on devra commencer et finir… …

    Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • 113AGAR-AGAR —    a gum extracted from a sea weed, used in bacteriological investigations …

    The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • 114Bellie —    BELLIE, a parish, in the counties of Banff and Elgin, 8 miles (E. by S.) from Elgin; including part of the quoad sacra district of Enzie, and the village of Fochabers, and containing 2434 inhabitants. The Gaelic word bellaidth, signifying… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 115Benbecula —    BENBECULA, an island, in the parish of South Uist, county of Inverness; containing 2107 inhabitants. It lies between the islands of North and South Uist, from the latter of which it is separated by a narrow channel, nearly dry at low water;… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 116Cramond —    CRAMOND, a parish, chiefly in the county of Edinburgh, but partly in that of Linlithgow; including the village of Davidson s Mains, and containing 1981 inhabitants, of whom 167 are in the village of Cramond, 5 miles (W. N. W.) from Edinburgh.… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 117Gunna —    GUNNA, an isle, in the parish of Tiree, district of Mull, county of Argyll. This is a small isle of the Hebrides, lying in the sound between Tiree and Coll, and is about a mile in length, and half a mile in breadth. It is remarkable for the… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 118Inch-Mickery —    INCH MICKERY, an isle, in the parish of Cramond, county of Edinburgh, situated in the Frith of Forth, near the isle and village of Cramond, and a little to the east of Inchcolm. It is of very small extent, not being more than a few furlongs in …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 119Inverallochy —    INVERALLOCHY, a village, in the parish of Rathen, district of Deer, county of Aberdeen, 4 miles (E. S. E.) from Fraserburgh; containing 507 inhabitants. This village is situated on the north eastern shore of the parish, on the German Ocean, a… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 120Ronaldshay, North —    RONALDSHAY, NORTH, an island and a quoad sacra parish, in the parish of Cross and Burness, county of Orkney, 30 miles (N. E. by N.) from Kirkwall; containing 481 inhabitants. This island, the most northern of the Orkneys, is bounded on the… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland