a parish in Fifeshire, Scotland. In it is situated the borough of barony of the same name, erected into such in the year 1600, consisting principally of an irregular street, with lanes diverging from it at right angles, and having in the middle a town-house, with a neat tower and spire seventy feet in height. Besides a parish church, there is a place of worship belonging to the Secession body. The inhabitants are principally employed in weaving. In 1821 the population of the parish amounted to 1842, and in 1831 to 1940.