denotes high ground, or, as some call it, terra firma, by which it stands opposed to such as is moorish, marshy, or low.

a province of Sweden, bounded on the northeast by the Baltic Sea, on the south by the sea of Sudermania, and on the west by Westmanland and Geestrieze, from which it is separated by the river Dela. It is about 70 miles in length and 45 in breadth, and contains mines of iron and lead. Stockholm is the capital.