a borough town in the county of Fife in Scotland, on the frith of Forth, directly opposite to Leith. The manufacture of thread stockings has been long established; and machinery has been introduced for spinning cotton and flax. Many of the men are employed in coasting ships, in the fishery, or the passage boats from hence to Leith, from which the town of Kinghorn derives considerable advantage. This place gives a second title to the earl of Strathmore. The population in 1801 exceeded 2000.