the first operation in the whitening of linen yarn or cloth. See p. 564.

BUCKINGHAM; a borough-town of Buckinghamshire, about forty-five miles north-west of London: W. lon. 1°, and N. lat. 51° 50'.

It sends two members to parliament.

Buckinghamshire has Northamptonshire on the north; Bedford, Hertford, and Middlesex, on the east; Berkshire, from which it is divided by the river Thames, on the south; and Oxfordshire, on the west.