Crossword clues for argyll
WordNet
n. a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm [syn: argyle]
a design consisting of a pattern of varicolored diamonds on a solid background (originally for knitted articles); patterned after the tartan of a clan in western Scotland [syn: argyle]
a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design [syn: argyle, argyles, argylls]
Wikipedia
Argyll , archaically Argyle (Earra-Ghàidheal in modern Gaelic ), is an ancient shire of western Scotland. Its area corresponds with most of the modern council area of Argyll and Bute, excluding the island of Bute and the Helensburgh area, but including the Morvern and Ardnamurchan areas of the Highland council area. At present, Argyll (sometimes anglicised as Argyllshire) is one of the registration counties of Scotland.
Argyll is of ancient origin, and corresponds to most of the ancient kingdom of Dál Riata. Argyll was also a medieval bishopric with its cathedral at Lismore, as well as an early modern earldom and dukedom, the Dukedom of Argyll.
Between 1890 and 1975, Argyll was a county with a county council.
There was an Argyllshire constituency of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1708 until 1983.
Argyll is an ancient shire and modern registration county of Scotland.
Argyll can also refer to:
in Scotland- Argyll (UK Parliament constituency) (1708-1983)
- Diocese of Argyll, a medieval bishopric
- Bishop of Argyll (12th-17th centuries), the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Argyll
- Duke of Argyll, a title in the Peerage of Scotland from 1701, and also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom from 1892
- Argyll (car), a Scottish motor car marque manufactured from 1899 to 1932, and again from 1976 to around 1990
- Argyll, Edmonton, a residential neighbourhood in Alberta, Canada
- Argyll Road, Edmonton
- Argyll Foods, a defunct British supermarket chain, later part of Safeway (UK)
- HMS Argyll, several ships of the Royal Navy
- Argyll CMS, Color Management Software
- Argyll, Queensland, a locality in Australia
Usage examples of "argyll".
Toby Argyll had lived was gracious but obviously was let in a series of rooms, as suited single men rather than families.
Alan Argyll stood in the entrance, pale-faced, his eyes dark in the lamplight.
Toby Argyll, fell off the Westminster Bridge earlier this evening, and although we reached him within a few minutes, he was already dead.
But Orme was mistaken in his second guess: Jenny Argyll chose to see them.
And had she meant to take Argyll with her, or was he trying, even at the risk of his own life, to save her?
Jenny, the elder, is married to Alan Argyll, a very successful businessman.
Mary tipping over the rail, clinging on to Toby Argyll, and the two of them plunging down into the icy river.
But few women are as fortunate as I am, and Jenny Argyll is certainly not among them.
Alan Argyll is reasonable enough, but if he has faults, Jenny may naturally prefer not to be more aware of them than she is obliged to be.
The small cortege was led by the minister, whose unsmiling countenance was like the face of doom, followed by Jenny Argyll in unrelieved black and so heavily veiled her face was invisible.
Monk knew her only because it could be no one else with Alan Argyll, although she took no notice of him at all, nor he of her.
But Havilland had been an engineer himself, and he knew exactly what their huge machines were capable of, what safeguards were taken, and that Alan Argyll, of all people, would not want injuries or time lost.
First her father s error, his suicide, her own broken betrothal to Toby Argyll, then an estrangement from her sister, the shame of her false accusations, and nothing to look forward to in the future, not even financial security.
If so, then perhaps she had taken Toby with her over the edge intentionally, as Alan Argyll had implied in the shock of his loss.
Havilland and Mary both took their own lives, or Toby Argyll tried to kill Mary and fell in himself.