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Definition of Firth of clyde
1. Noun. A firth on the southwestern coast of Scotland emptying into the North Channel.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Firth Of Clyde
Literary usage of Firth of clyde
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Standard Work of Reference in Art, Literature (1907)
"344 firth of Clyde, and soon afterwards the Scottish kings themselves made their
way south of the Forth. In the reign of Eadred, Edinburgh, ..."
2. Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland: A Survey of Scottish Topography, Staistical by Francis Hindes Groome (1882)
"The Firth of Clyde, in its greatest width o'r southernmost expanse, separates
the southern part of Kintyre from Ayrshire. ..."
3. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"rulers (AD 138-180) ; reign of first peaceful, of second victorious. Antonine,
Wall of. From Firth of Clyde to Firth of Forth ; built about AD 140. ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1902)
"Hamilton, Glasgow, Renfrew, and Dumbarton. near which town it opens into the
Firth of Clyde. In this course it receives a number of streams. and Hows ..."
5. International Catalogue of Scientific Literature by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"Firth of Clyde. Browne, ET Edinburgh, Proc.'R. Soc., 26, 9, 1905, ... (= Marcelin)
Note, dimensions, Firth of Clyde. Browne, ET Edinburgh, Proc. ..."
6. View of the British Empire, More Especially Scotland: With Some Proposals by John Knox (1789)
"Of the Firth of Clyde, from the Mull of Galloway to Greenock, including the ...
from the firth of Clyde in a conical form, to a great height; ..."
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