a royal borough of Scotland, situated in the county of Fife, 15 miles north-west of Edinburgh. W. Long. 30. 20. N. Lat. 56. 15. Here was formerly a magnificent abbey and palace of the kings of Scotland, in which the princess Elizabeth, daughter of King James VI. and mother of the princess Sophia, from whom the present royal family are descended, was born. In the inn of this town, it is said, is the marriage-bed of James VI. and his queen: it is still entire, and used by strangers who lodge here. This place is noted for a manufactory of figured linen cloth called diaper. The town gave title of earl to a baronet of the Seton family, which was forfeited in the year 1690.