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  • 121Edinburgh —    EDINBURGH, a city, the seat of a university, and the metropolis of the kingdom of Scotland, situated in longitude 3° 10 30 (W.), and latitude 55° 57 29 (N.), about a mile (S. by W.) from Leith, 40 miles (S.S.W.) from Dundee, 42 (E. by N.) from …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 122Melrose —    MELROSE, a market town and parish, and anciently a burgh of barony, in the district of Melrose, county of Roxburgh; including the villages of Buckholmside, Darlingshaugh, Darnick, Gattonside, Newstead, and Newtown; and containing 5331… …

    A Topographical dictionary of Scotland

  • 123fine — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. penalty, forfeit, amercement. v. t. amerce, mulct, penalize. See punishment. adj. pure, superior, admirable, excellent; small, tiny, slender, flimsy, delicate; worthy, estimable; skilled,… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 124subtle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. sly, artful, crafty, wily, cunning; discerning, acute, penetrating; elusive, unobvious, abstruse, delicate; dainty, fragile, rarefied, ethereal, unsubstantial. See intelligence, rarity.Ant., blatant …

    English dictionary for students

  • 125pick — pick1 W1S1 [pık] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choose something)¦ 2¦(flowers/fruit etc)¦ 3¦(remove something)¦ 4 pick your way through/across/among etc something 5 pick your nose 6 pick your teeth 7 pick somebody s brains 8 pick a quarrel/fight (with… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 126chance — 1 noun 1 POSSIBILITY (C, U) how possible or likely it is that something will happen, especially something that you want: chance/chances of: What are her chances of survival? | there s a chance (that): There s always the chance that something will …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 127perceptible — perceptible, sensible, palpable, tangible, appreciable, ponderable all mean capable of being apprehended through the senses or intellect as real and existent. Perceptible may be used inclusively to describe whatever comes within the range of one… …

    New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • 128disregard — v 1. overlook, ignore, take no notice of, close the eyes to, blink or wink at, neglect, forget, skip, never mind, let be, let alone; not trouble oneself about, dismiss from one s thoughts, let in one ear and out the other, leave out of… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder