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Balclutha (The tower of)

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in Ossian, is Dun-dee, where Dun means a tower. Those circular buildings so common in the Orkney and Shetland Islands, the Hebrides, and all the north of Scotland, are duns. Dee is a corruption of Tay, the river on which the city is built; in Latin, Tao-dunum.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Balaam Basket or Box (A)
Balafré
Balai
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Balâm
Balan
Balance (The)
Balance
Balayer
Balclutha (The tower of)
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Baldachin
Baldassare
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