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Inch

an island. It appears frequently as an element in the names of small islands belonging to Scotland; as, Inchcolm, etc. In Ireland it appears in the original form of Innis or Ennis.

INCH CAPE. See BELL ROCK.

INCHCOLM (insh-kōm'), a small island of Scotland, in the Firth of Forth, off the coast of Fifeshire, with the ruins of a monastery founded by Alexander I. in 1123, of which Walter Bower, the conin 1123, of which Walter Bower, the con- tinuator of Fordun, was abbot from 1418 till 1449. island of Scotland, in the Firth of Forth, off the Fifeshire coast, containing a lighthouse. by vehicles, etc., of hills far too steep to be directly scaled by wheeled carriages. the descent of bodies; also for the ascent, by vehicles, etc., of hills far too steep to

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