a county of Wales, bounded on the north by the Irish sea and the river Dee, on the east by Cheshire, and everywhere else by Denbighshire and Shropshire. It is the least of all the counties of Wales, extending in length between 20 and 30 miles, and in breadth about eight. It is divided into five hundreds; and contains about 28 parishes, and 32,000 inhabitants. The air is healthful, but pretty sharp; the soil tolerably fertile, especially in the valleys, producing plenty of wheat, barley, oats, and rye. A considerable number of cattle are reared in this county, but they are of a small size. There is plenty of honey, of which the inhabitants make mead. the glin, a drink much used in Wales. Here are also pit-coal, lead-ore, mill-stones, fish and fowl, but little wood or fruit.