a town in Perthshire, situated up on the banks of the Forth, four miles east from Alloa, and 22 south from Perth. The houses are well built, and the streets regular, with a dry and healthy situation. The harbour is commodious, with an excellent roadstead opposite to the town, where 100 vessels of all dimensions may ride in perfect safety. Shipbuilding is extensively carried on at this place, and nine or ten have sometimes been upon the stocks at once, some of them 200 and 300 tons burden. In 1792 there were 75 vessels belonging to the town, furnishing employment for 300 sailors. These import wood, iron, flax, &c. from the Baltic, barley from England and other places; and export coals to different parts of Europe. It contains at present about 2,000 inhabitants.