in pharmacy, a composition of a consistence somewhat thicker than an unguent, and thicker than an oil used for anointing different parts of the body in various intentions.—The materials proper LINTHICOWSHIRE, or West Lothian, a small county of Scotland, not exceeding 14 miles in length and 13 in breadth, is bounded on the north by part of Stirlingshire and the river Forth, by part of Clydesdale on the west, and on the south and west by Mid-Lothian, from which it is divided by the rivers Breich and Almond. The country is pleasant and fertile, abounding with corn and pastureage. Here is found plenty of coal, limestone, and lead ore; nay, in the reign of James VI. it produced a rich mine of silver. The chief town, Linlithgow, from which it borrows the name, is a royal borough and seat of a presbytery, standing on the side of a small lake, about 18 miles from Edinburgh: it consists of one open street, from whence lanes are detached on both sides; the houses are built of stone, tolerably neat and commodious; and the place is adorned with some stately public edifices. On the side of the lake stands a royal palace, magnificently built of hewn stone, begun by king James V. and perfected by his grandson. Within the inner court, which is larger than that of Hamilton, there is an artificial fountain, adorned with statues and water-works; and at each corner of the square a tower, with a range of fine apartments. Hard by the palace is the church of St Michael, a noble structure, with a very high steeple. The inhabitants carry on a great manufacture of linen, and bleach it with the water of this lake, which is noted for its whitening quality: they likewise enjoy a tolerable share of trade, by means of a good harbour on the Forth, where they have built a custom-house, and magazines or ware-houses for the use of the merchants. Hard by this harbour stands the castle of Blackness, belonging to the crown, formerly used as a state prison, but now quite ruinous. The chiefs of the Livingstone family were earls of Linlithgow and Calderwood, hereditary keepers of the palace in this town, and hereditary constables of Blackness castle. The last of these noblemen forfeited his estate and honours, by engaging in the rebellion of the year 1715.