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Definition of Solway firth
1. Noun. A large firth on the west coast of Britain between England and Scotland.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Solway Firth
Literary usage of Solway firth
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hand-book to the Roman Wall: A Guide to Tourists Traversing the Barrier of by John Collingwood Bruce, Robert Blair (1895)
"... FROM THE RIVER EDEN TO THE solway firth. Westward of Carlisle the Wall is not
easily traced. It ran from Stanwix across the alluvial plains of the Eden, ..."
2. Principles of Geology: Being an Attempt to Explain the Former Changes of the by Charles Lyell, Gérard Paul Deshayes (1832)
"... remains of reptiles—Why the bones of birds are so rare in subaqueous
deposits—Imbedding of terrestrial quadrupeds—Effects of a flood in the solway firth ..."
3. View of the British Empire, More Especially Scotland: With Some Proposals by John Knox (1789)
"... to the solway firth, which falls into the ... to the solway firth.
The above-mentioned inhabitants on the ..."
4. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1868)
"The very high tides of the solway firth bring vessels of sixty tons up to the
town, and larger ones to the river quays below the town. ..."
5. Decisions of the Court of Session: From November 1825 to [20th July 1841] by John Tawse, F. Somerville, John Craigie, George Robinson, Scotland Court of Session, Charles Gordon Robertson, Scotland High Court of Justiciary, Great Britain Parliament. House of Lords, Faculty of Advocates (Scotland) (1838)
"Below Boness, I call it the solway firth. There is a stream which comes ...
I don't call that solway firth; 1 call it a river running into Solway at low ..."
6. Chambers's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1864)
"The very high tides of the solway firth bring vessels of sixty tons up to the
town, aud larger ones to the river quays below the town. ..."
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