To-names were particularly prevalent in fishing communities in the northeastern part of Scotland, but were also used in the Borders and the West Highlands. In some cases within fishing communities, the names of fishing boats were tacked onto the names people in order to differentiate them from others.
adjective. The definition of matrifocal is a group, tribe or household led by a woman. An example of matrifocal is the Mosuo society in China.
1 Fagopyrum esculentum, a plant of the same family as rhubarb, sorrel, and dock, is grown for its seeds; these resemble those of cereals. 2  Vegetables were not cultivated, but came in the form of wild carrots, turnip and garlic, along with salad leaves such as sorrel, nettle and dock. A horse with a light reddish-brown coat. Example sentences. 1  Like any event where you get a mixture of breeds, there were paints, sorrels, bays and palominosâ¦ almost anything you could want! 2  When Custer and staff returned he ordered the saddle taken off his brown horse and put on his favorite sorrel.