Kilmarnock, on the Irvine, 20 m. SW. of Glasgow, largest town in Ayrshire; is an important railway centre, has extensive engineer works, carpet factories, and breweries; is in the middle of a rich coal and iron district, and has a great annual cheese and dairy produce show.
Population (circa 1900) given as 28,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
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