a market-town of England, in the hundred of the same name, county of Somerset. It is pleasantly situated in the valley of the Brue, 10 miles S.S.W. of Frome, and has a town-hall, hexagonal market-cross, grammar-school with four exhibitions at either of the universities, and some manufactures of silk, woollens, and hosiery. Market-day Saturday. Pop. of parish (1851) 2109.