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The Boy in the Train, the Glossary

The Boy in the Train is a poem written in Scots, by Mary Campbell (Edgar) Smith (1869–1960), first published in 1913.^[1]

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Anapaest

An anapaest (also spelled anapæst or anapest, also called antidactylus) is a metrical foot used in formal poetry.

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Ayrshire

Ayrshire (Siorrachd Inbhir Àir) is a historic county and registration county, in south-west Scotland, located on the shores of the Firth of Clyde.

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BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is a British public service broadcaster headquartered at Broadcasting House in London, England.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Elie and Earlsferry is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, and parish, Scotland, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven.

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Fife

Fife (Fìobha,; Fife) is a council area, historic county, registration county and lieutenancy area of Scotland.

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Fife Free Press

The Fife Free Press is a local weekly newspaper published by National World. The Boy in the Train and Fife Free Press are Kirkcaldy.

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Firth of Forth

The Firth of Forth is the estuary, or firth, of several Scottish rivers including the River Forth.

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Forth Bridge

The Forth Bridge is a cantilever railway bridge across the Firth of Forth in the east of Scotland, west of central Edinburgh.

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Gordon Brown

James Gordon Brown (born 20 February 1951) is a British politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010.

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Iambic tetrameter

Iambic tetrameter is a poetic meter in ancient Greek and Latin poetry; as the name of a rhythm, iambic tetrameter consists of four metra, each metron being of the form | x – u – |, consisting of a spondee and an iamb, or two iambs.

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Iambic trimeter

The Iambic trimeter, in classical Greek and Latin poetry, is a meter of poetry consisting of three iambic metra (each of two feet) per line.

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Kinghorn

Kinghorn (Ceann Gronna) is a town and parish in Fife, Scotland.

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Kinghorn railway station

Kinghorn railway station is a railway station in the town of Kinghorn, Fife, Scotland.

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Kirkcaldy

Kirkcaldy (Kirkcaldy; Cair Chaladain) is a town and former royal burgh in Fife, on the east coast of Scotland.

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Kirkcaldy Galleries

Kirkcaldy Galleries is the main museum, library and exhibition space in Kirkcaldy in Fife, Scotland.

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Kirkcaldy High School

Kirkcaldy High School is a 6-year co-educational comprehensive state school in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.

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Kirkcaldy railway station

Kirkcaldy railway station is a railway station in the town of Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland.

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Kirkcudbrightshire

Kirkcudbrightshire (Kirkcoubrieshire), or the County of Kirkcudbright or the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright is one of the historic counties of Scotland, covering an area in the south-west of the country.

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Linoleum

Linoleum is a floor covering made from materials such as solidified linseed oil (linoxyn), pine resin, ground cork dust, sawdust, and mineral fillers such as calcium carbonate, most commonly on a burlap or canvas backing.

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Linseed oil

Linseed oil, also known as flaxseed oil or flax oil (in its edible form), is a colourless to yellowish oil obtained from the dried, ripened seeds of the flax plant (Linum usitatissimum).

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Mauchline

Mauchline (Maghlinn) is a town and civil parish in East Ayrshire, Scotland.

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Merchiston Castle School

Merchiston Castle School is an independent boarding school for boys in the suburb of Colinton in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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North British Railway

The North British Railway was a British railway company, based in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Octave (poetry)

An octave is a verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter (in English) or of hendecasyllables (in Italian).

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Pathhead

Pathhead (Paithheid) is an area of Kirkcaldy, in Fife, Scotland.

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Rosyth Dockyard

Rosyth Dockyard is a large naval dockyard on the Firth of Forth at Rosyth, Fife, Scotland, owned by Babcock Marine, which formerly undertook refitting of Royal Navy surface vessels and submarines.

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Royal Navy

The Royal Navy (RN) is the naval warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and a component of His Majesty's Naval Service.

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Scots language

ScotsThe endonym for Scots is Scots.

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Sir Michael Nairn, 1st Baronet

Sir Michael Barker Nairn, 1st Baronet JP (28 May 1838 – 24 November 1915) was a Scottish industrialist, chairman of Michael Nairn and Company (linoleum manufacturers) founded by his father Michael Nairn, eventually owning seven of Kirkcaldy's linoleum factories, which employed more than 4000 people.

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Timeline of the UK electricity supply industry

This timeline outlines the key developments in the United Kingdom electricity industry from the start of electricity supplies in the 1870s to the present day.

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Tongland

Tongland is a small village about north of Kirkcudbright, in the historic county of Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

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Traditional rhyme

A traditional rhyme is generally a saying, sometimes a proverb or an idiom, couched in the form of a rhyme and often passed down from generation to generation with no record of its original authorship.

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Train noise

Train noise is vehicle noise made by trains.

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Tram

A tram (also known as a streetcar or trolley in the United States and Canada) is a type of urban rail transit consisting of either individual railcars or self-propelled multiple unit trains that run on tramway tracks on urban public streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Val McDermid

Valarie McDermid, (born 4 June 1955) is a Scottish crime writer, best known for a series of novels featuring clinical psychologist Dr. Tony Hill, in a sub-genre known as Tartan Noir.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_in_the_Train

Also known as The Boy in the Train (poem).

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Kirkcaldy

Scots-language literature

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