a seaport-town of Scotland, county of Stirling, on the Carron and the Forth and Clyde Canal, a quarter of a mile from the Firth of Forth, and 11 miles S.S.E. of Stirling. It has a custom-house, extensive quays and warehouses, and a dry dock. The chief exports are iron goods, coal, grain, wool, linen yarn, and cotton and woollen goods; imports, timber, hemp, flax, tallow, &c. The harbour is commodious, but is not accessible to vessels drawing above twelve feet of water. Pop. (1841) 1488. The population of 1851 is included in Falkirk.