a village of Scotland, county of Clackmannan, 11 miles N.E. of Stirling; only worthy of notice for its academy, endowed by a Mr McNab, a native of the place, who left nearly L80,000 for that purpose. The academy is an elegant Grecian structure, founded in 1819.

(Ger. thaler), the name of a silver coin of Spain and of the United States; worth 100 cents, or about 4s. 2d. sterling. The dollar appears to have been originally a German coin; and in various parts of Germany there are coins of different values so called. See Money.