a burgh of barony and market-town of Berwickshire, Scotland, 15 miles W. from Berwick, and 44 miles S.E. from Edinburgh. Besides the town-house, a modern Gothic building, it contains a parish church, a Free church, 3 United Presbyterian chapels, and chapels for Episcopalians and Independents. There are fairs for cattle in June, August, and November; for wool in July; and for sheep in March, May, July, and September. The sheriff-courts for the county are held here. Dunse was the birth-place of Duns Scotus; and in the parish were born the Rev. Thomas Boston and Dr McRee. Near it is Dunse Law, which still retains vestiges of its occupation by General Leslie in 1689. Pop. (1851), 2567.