a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland
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argyll::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | argyle |
| Type of | boat, gravy boat, gravy holder, sauceboat |
Examples of argyll
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Argyll and Bute covers the second largest administrative area of any Scottish council.
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Argyll was taken as a prisoner to Edinburgh.
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Argyll and Ross were both riven by violence.
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Argyll and Bute merged together the existing Argyll and Bute district and one ward of the Dumbarton district.
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Argyll was the poorest bishopric in Scotland, and the area lacked strong royal authority, and hence good royal protection.
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This day an age I get alot of bother from some of the Campbells of argyll they seem to be the ones that hate me for being a MacDonald.
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Argyll and his few remaining companions were captured at Inchinnan on 19 June, and he was taken to Edinburgh, where he was executed on 30 June.
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Argyll landed at Campbeltown on 20 May and spent some days raising a small army of supporters, but was unable to hold them together while marching through the lowlands towards Glasgow.
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- A covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm
- Argyle: a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland
- Argyle: a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design (usually used in the plural)
- Argyll (/u0251u02D0ru02C8u0261au026Al/), archaically Argyle (Earra-Ghu00E0idheal in modern Gaelic pronouncedu00A0), is an ancient shire of western Scotland. Its area corresponds with most of the modern council area of Argyll and Bute, excluding the island of Bute and the Helensburgh area, but including the Morvern and Ardnamurchan areas of the Highland council area...
- Argyll was a Scottish motor car marque manufactured from 1899 to 1932, and again from 1976 to around 1990.
- Argyll is a residential neighbourhood in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, located on the south side of the city between the two branches of the Mill Creek Ravine. It is bounded by the ravine on the west and north east sides, and by Argyll Road on the south and south east sides. ...
- Argyllshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 to 1800 and of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 until 1950, when it was renamed Argyll. The constituency was replaced in 1983 with Argyll and Bute.
- A sauce or gravy pot designed to keep the contents warm by means of a hot-water jacket or central cavity. The design is attributed to one of the Dukes of Argyll, possibly the Third.
