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Definition of Maxwells
1. maxwell [n] - See also: maxwell
Lexicographical Neighbors of Maxwells
Literary usage of Maxwells
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Selections from the Judicial Records of Renfrewshire: Illustrative of the by William Hector (1876)
"HE maxwells of ... From the archives of the county we are enabled to glean some
interesting information regarding the maxwells. There are deposited in the ..."
2. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Now westlin winds t The happy hour may soon be near, That brings us pleasant
weather : S. The noble maxwells t The weather was cauld, and the lassie lay ..."
3. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1888)
"... which stands on an islet of sixteen Scottish acres, in the river Dee in
Kirkcudbrightshire, passed from the Douglases to the maxwells. ..."
4. The Prose Works of Sir Walter Scott, Bart by Walter Scott (1836)
"... Borders—Characteristic Example of Border Match-making—Deadly Feud between the
maxwells and Johnstones—Battle of Dryfe Sands—'James1't power of enforcing ..."
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