Devonshire, a county in the S. of England, with Exmoor in the N. and Dartmoor in the S.; is fertile in the low country, and enjoys a climate favourable to vegetation; it has rich pasture-grounds, and abounds in orchards.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Devonport * Devonshire, Duke ofDevonshire in Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase & Fable
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