a populous and flourishing town of Ayrshire in Scotland, noted for its manufacture of carpets, milled hosiery, and Scotch bonnets. It gave the title of earl to the noble family of Boyd, residing in this neighbourhood. This title was forfeited by the last earl, who, by engaging in the rebellion of 1745, was deprived of his honours, and lost his life on the scaffold. His son, however, who served in the king's army, afterwards succeeded to the earldom of Errol. The population in 1811 was 10,148.