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US
/ɑɹˈɡaɪɫ/
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[ UK /ˈɑːɡʲaɪl/ ]
[ UK /ˈɑːɡʲaɪl/ ]
NOUN
- a sock knitted or woven with an argyle design (usually used in the plural)
- a covered gravy holder of silver or other metal containing a detachable central vessel for hot water to keep the gravy warm
- 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
How To Use argyll In A Sentence
- The journey north-west from Edinburgh is a delight, with lush pasturelands giving way to the rugged beauty of the Trossachs and then Argyll and the western seaboard.
- He loaded the bags on to the luggage rack of the Argyll.
- Mrs Marx was a Campbell on her mother's side and was a cousin of the then Duke of Argyll.
- The Duke of Argyll may not be aware of the fact, but it is nevertheless true, that when a man's arm is raised, in sequence to that state of consciousness we call a volition, the volition is not the immediate cause of the elevation of the arm. Collected Essays, Volume V Science and Christian Tradition: Essays
- She was of the Drumcarro family in Argyllshire, who it is well known are the elder branch of all; and she was well known not only as the stand-by of her family, but as the friend of the poor and struggling everywhere. Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago
- The gale rose again after sunrise, and when, after doing sixty miles in fourteen hours, we reached the heads of Hakodate Harbour, it was blowing and pouring like a bad day in Argyllshire, the spin-drift was driving over the bay, the Yezo mountains loomed darkly and loftily through rain and mist, and wind and thunder, and Unbeaten Tracks in Japan
- This is a remnant of the ancient Forest of Caledon that is reputed to have once stretched from the Beauly Firth to the Argyll coast. Country diary: Glen Strathfarrar
- Fourteen large wind turbines are spread across the slopes of Beinn Ghlas in Argyll, their blades turning in the breeze to produce up to 600 kilowatts of electricity each.
- This was a mistake, for Lord John would have considered himself quite as free to attempt a flirtation with Drumcarro's daughter in Argyllshire as in London, and with as little intention of any serious result, the daughter of a poor laird however high in descent, being as entirely below the level of the Duke's son as the mantua-maker. Kirsteen: The Story of a Scotch Family Seventy Years Ago
- Sailors from Argyll are involved in two projects ashore, the more ambitious one being the building of a health clinic.
