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Ar⋅gyll

  [ahr-gahyl]
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–noun
a historic county in W Scotland.
Also called Ar⋅gyll⋅shire  [ahr-gahyl-sheer, -sher] .
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ar·gyle also ar·gyll   (är'gīl')   


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n.  

  1. A knitting pattern of varicolored, diamond-shaped areas on a solid background.

  2. A sock knit in this pattern.


[After Clan Campbell of Argyle, Argyll, a former county of western Scotland, originally from the pattern of their tartan.]
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Argyll

historic county in western Scotland. Argyllshire lies mainly within the Argyll and Bute council area, but northern Argyllshire extends as far as Lochs Shiel, Eil, and Leven in southern Highland council area.

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Encyclopedia Britannica, 2008. Encyclopedia Britannica Online.
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