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- noun Plural form of
loch .
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Examples
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The neighbourhood of the lochs was a sort of guidance in some degree, for their immediate presence gave to a nostril sharpened by life in the wild a moist and peaty odour fresh from the corroding banks.
John Splendid The Tale of a Poor Gentleman, and the Little Wars of Lorn Neil Munro
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They are charmed with our bare green hills, with our shaggy brown mountains they are astonished, our lochs are their delight, our woods their wonder, and they hold up their hands and clap them at our cliffs.
Recreations of Christopher North, Volume 2 John Wilson 1819
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The report said land-based wildlife tourism generates £114 million for the Scottish economy, the coast £100 million and marine areas such as lochs and the sea, £63 million.
Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph 2010
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Eighteen lochs lie in the National Park alone, as well as some of Scotland's finest Munros, mountains that rise over 3000 feet.
Lea Lane: Seaplanes, Bikes And City Life In Scotland Lea Lane 2011
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Whatever the transport I will make haste again to the lochs and lanes of Scotland.
Lea Lane: Seaplanes, Bikes And City Life In Scotland Lea Lane 2011
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Rescuers continued to search the coast, lochs and headlands yesterday for evidence of the other whales who, it was hoped, had returned to open water.
Whale rescuers in race against time after mass beaching at Scottish sea loch 2011
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And on a weekend add-on to a London meeting I sought surprises and luxury in the Scottish hills, lochs and isles around Glasgow and Edinburgh.
Lea Lane: Seaplanes, Bikes And City Life In Scotland Lea Lane 2011
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Married or not, they climb mountains unroped, jump out of planes into Scottish lochs yes, really.
Deconstructing the Unreconstructed Male Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Sitting up front and watching the pilot fly this Cessna gave me the illusion of co-piloting, but I preferred watching the panorama unfold below: mountains to the west, and lochs and rivers contrasting with green hillsides.
Lea Lane: Seaplanes, Bikes And City Life In Scotland Lea Lane 2011
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For a quick overview of mountains and lochs, I booked at
Lea Lane: Seaplanes, Bikes And City Life In Scotland Lea Lane 2011
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