a port and watering-place of Scotland, county of Ayr, on the Firth of Clyde, 22 miles W.S.W. from Glasgow. Weaving and fishing form the chief occupation of the industrial classes. Adjacent to the town is the battlefield of Largs, where Alexander III. defeated Haco, King of Norway, in 1263. Tumuli and cairns still mark the ground. Pop. (1851) 2824.