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Definition of shire
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Shire (n.) A
division
of a
State,
embracing
several
contiguous
townships;
a
county..
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Chiltern Hundreds
::
Chiltern
Hundreds
() A tract of crown land in
Buckinghamshire
and
Oxfordshire,
England,
to which is
attached
the
nominal
office
of
steward.
As
members
of
Parliament
cannot
resign,
when they wish to go out they
accept
this
stewardship,
which
legally
vacates
their
seats..
Shire
::
Shire (n.) A
division
of a
State,
embracing
several
contiguous
townships;
a
county..
Granite State
::
Granite
State () New
Hampshire;
-- a
nickname
alluding
to its
mountains,
which are
chiefly
of
granite..
County
::
County
(n.) A
circuit
or
particular
portion
of a state or
kingdom,
separated
from the rest of the
territory,
for
certain
purposes
in the
administration
of
justice
and
public
affairs;
--
called
also a
shire.
See
Shire..
Quaker
::
Quaker
(n.) One of a
religious
sect
founded
by
George
Fox, of
Leicestershire,
England,
about 1650, -- the
members
of which call
themselves
Friends.
They were
called
Quakers,
originally,
in
derision.
See
Friend,
n., 4..
Sheriff
::
Sheriff
(n.) The chief
officer
of a shire or
county,
to whom is
intrusted
the
execution
of the laws, the
serving
of
judicial
writs and
processes,
and the
preservation
of the
peace..
Gothamist
::
Gothamist
(n.) A
wiseacre;
a
person
deficient
in
wisdom;
-- so
called
from
Gotham,
in
Nottinghamshire,
England,
noted for some
pleasant
blunders..
Francolite
::
Francolite
(n.) A
variety
of
apatite
from Wheal
Franco
in
Devonshire.
Cope
::
Cope (n.) An
ancient
tribute
due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in
Derbyshire,
England..
Dialect
::
Dialect
(n.) The form of
speech
of a
limited
region
or
people,
as
distinguished
from ether forms
nearly
related
to it; a
variety
or
subdivision
of a
language;
speech
characterized
by local
peculiarities
or
specific
circumstances;
as, the Ionic and Attic were
dialects
of
Greece;
the
Yorkshire
dialect;
the
dialect
of the
learned..
Slickensides
::
Slickensides
(n.) A
variety
of
galena
found in
Derbyshire,
England..
Longmynd Rocks
::
Longmynd
rocks () The
sparingly
fossiliferous
conglomerates,
grits,
schists,
and
states
of Great
Britain,
which lie at the base of the
Cambrian
system;
-- so
called,
because
typically
developed
in the
Longmynd
Hills,
Shropshire..
Reeve
::
Reeve (n.) an
officer,
steward,
bailiff,
or
governor;
-- used
chiefly
in
compounds;
as,
shirereeve,
now
written
sheriff;
portreeve,
etc..
Devonian
::
Devonian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to Devon or
Devonshire
in
England;
as, the
Devonian
rocks,
period,
or
system..
Cotswold
::
Cotswold
(n.) An open
country
abounding
in
sheepcotes,
as in the
Cotswold
hills,
in
Gloucestershire,
England..
Ayrshire
::
Ayrshire
(n.) One of a
superior
breed of
cattle
from
Ayrshire,
Scotland.
Ayrshires
are
notable
for the
quantity
and
quality
of their
milk..
Course
::
Course
(v. i.) To run as in a race, or in
hunting;
to
pursue
the sport of
coursing;
as, the
sportsmen
coursed
over the flats of
Lancashire..
Wenlock Group
::
Wenlock
group () The
middle
subdivision
of the Upper
Silurian
in Great
Britain;
-- so named from the
typical
locality
in
Shropshire.
Wash
::
Wash (n.) A piece of
ground
washed
by the
action
of a sea or
river,
or
sometimes
covered
and
sometimes
left dry; the
shallowest
part of a
river,
or arm of the sea; also, a bog; a
marsh;
a fen; as, the
washes
in
Lincolnshire..
Coble
::
Coble (n.) A
flat-floored
fishing
boat with a lug sail, and a drop
rudder
extending
from two to four feet below the keel. It was
originally
used on the
stormy
coast of
Yorkshire,
England..
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