Berwick

[ ber-ik for 1, 2; bur-wik for 3 ]

/ ˈbɛr ɪk for 1, 2; ˈbɜr wɪk for 3 /

noun

Also called Ber·wick·shire

[ber-ik-sheer, -sher] /ˈbɛr ɪkˌʃɪər, -ʃər/, a historic county in SE Scotland.

Berwick-upon-Tweed.

a city in E central Pennsylvania.

Example sentences from the Web for berwickshire

Several million limpets—twelve million in Berwickshire alone—are annually used on the east coast of Britain as bait.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 5 |Various
At Merton, Berwickshire, the jougs may be seen at the church.

Bygone Punishments |William Andrews
He offered to match him at anything against any man in Berwickshire, yea in all Scotland.

Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Volume III |Various
The rich soil of Berwickshire soon invited the inhabitants to the arts of agriculture.

Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3) |Walter Scott

Edrom Church (Berwickshire) has still surviving a Norman doorway of beautiful design, now an entrance to a burial vault.

Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys |Dugald Butler and Herbert Story

British Dictionary definitions for berwickshire (1 of 2)

Berwickshire

/ (ˈbɛrɪkˌʃɪə, -ʃə) /

noun

(until 1975) a county of SE Scotland: part of the Borders region from 1975 to 1996, now part of Scottish Borders council area

British Dictionary definitions for berwickshire (2 of 2)

Berwick

/ (ˈbɛrɪk) /

noun

James Fitzjames, Duke of Berwick. 1670–1734, marshal of France and illegitimate son of James II of England. He led French forces during the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14)

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