a sea-port town of Hampshire in England; is seated on an arm of the sea; is a place of good trade, and in 1801 contained nearly 8000 inhabitants. It is surrounded by walls and several watch-towers, and had a strong castle to defend the harbour, now in ruins. It is a corporation and a county of itself, with the title of an earldom, and sends two members to parliament. W. Long. 1. 24. N. Lat. 50. 54.