Caithness
a historic county in NE Scotland.
Historical Examples
Twenty-Six Years Reminiscences of Scotch Grouse Moors William Alexander Adams
A Study of Recent Earthquakes Charles Davison
The Cruise of the Betsey Hugh Miller
The Celtic Magazine, Vol. I No. V Various
The Fighting Chance Robert W. Chambers
The Works of John Knox, Volume 2 (of 6) John Knox
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys Dugald Butler and Herbert Story
Social Origins and Primal Law Andrew Lang
The Testimony of Tradition David MacRitchie
Old English Chronicles Various
noun
(until 1975) a county of NE Scotland, now part of Highland
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