a small burgh of barony, Scotland, county of Aberdeen, pleasantly situated on the right bank of a small stream which flows into the Deveron, 35 miles N.N.W. of Aberdeen, with which it has recently been connected by railway. The spinning of linen yarn, weaving, bleaching, and dyeing, are carried on, but to a very limited extent. There are an Established and a Free Church, an Episcopalian chapel, a neat town-hall, several schools, and an ancient cross, in the town. Pop. (1851) 1693.