a town and parish of Scotland, Ayrshire, on the Garnock, 26 miles S.W. of Glasgow by rail. The chief interest of the place is connected with its ruined abbey, originally one of the richest in Scotland. It was founded in 1107 by Hugh de Morville, Lord of Cunninghame, and dedicated to St Winning, who lived on this spot in the eighth century, whence the name. The monks were of the Tyronensian order. The first Scottish mason-lodge was founded here by a band of foreign brethren who came to assist in the building of the abbey. Here also the practice of archery has been kept up since the close of the fifteenth century. Pop. 3265; the men principally employed in hand-loom weaving and in the neighbouring coal and iron mines; many of the women in needlework. There is railway communication with the port of Ardrossan, 5½ miles. Not far from the town is the magnificent residence of the Earl of Eglington.