Hamlet (place)
Rural settlement smaller than a village.
Bluestocking
Redirected to Bluestocking Circle.
Bluestocking Circle
Group formed around a number of wealthy and influential English women during the mid-18th century, to debate literature and the arts, and support female education and writing.
Buttock Mail
Fine payable to the ecclesiastical courts for the crime of fornication, as an alternative to a session on the stool of repentance.
Barratry
English common law crime of excessive litigation, particularly for the purposes of profit or harassment.
Doggerel
Clumsy and awkward verse often employed for comic effect.
Russell Institute
Public building commissioned by Agnes Russell and donated to the Burgh of Paisley as a memorial to her brothers.
Walter Arnold
First person in the UK to be fined for speeding.
Careening
Method of exposing the hull of a ship for cleaning or repair by laying it on its side.
Spiritualism
System of beliefs and practices intended to establish communication with the spirits of the dead.