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Definition of Langside

1. Noun. (1568) Catholic forces supporting Mary Queen of Scots were routed by Protestants.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Langside

Literary usage of Langside

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Scottish Poets Recent and Living by Alexander G. Murdoch (1883)
"There's a spell at gloaming grey in langside wood, When the silver moon holds sway in langside wood ; Then in accents sweet and bold, Fond lovers may unfold ..."

2. Publications by Dorset Record Society, Ohio Civil War Centennial Commission, Ohio Historical Society (1896)
"Mr. John Skinner of langside, and his son, Mr. John Skinner, were dining with me and Mrs. Forbes, the said Revd. Mr. John Skinner gave the following ..."

3. History of England from the Fall of Wolsey to the Death of Elizabeth by James Anthony Froude (1871)
"They took the road by the south bank of the Clyde, and two miles from Glasgow they came on Murray, strongly posted at langside. He had brought but a part of ..."

4. Poems of Places by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1876)
"A last adieu! my Mary dear, The briny tear my eye distils ; ' While reason's powers continue clear, I '11 think of tbee and Lanark Mills. langside. ..."

5. The Works of Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson, Hallam Tennyson Tennyson (1905)
"Joined by the Hamiltons and others she met Moray at langside, fled defeated from the battlefield, and on the 16th crossed the Solway into England. ..."

6. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"Joined by the Hamilton* and others she met Moray at langside, fled Defeated from the battlefield, and on the 16th crossed the Solway into Yet the Queen came ..."

7. The Reformation by George Park Fisher (1906)
"But Mary's army was defeated at langside, when she was attempting to march to Dumbarton Castle, and she escaped ..."

8. The Lyon in Mourning: Or, A Collection of Speeches, Letters, Journals, Etc by Robert Forbes (1896)
"Mr. John Skinner of langside, and his son, Mr. John Skinner, were dining with me and Mrs. Forbes, the said Revd. Mr. John Skinner gave the following ..."

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