Finfish

( Ichthy.) A small species of whale. Fin'-footed, a. Having palmated feet, or feet with toos connected by a membrane; web-footed; palmiped ous. Fingal, ( fin'gawl,) a personage celebrated in the poems of O ian, who was his son. He was prince of Morven, a province of ancient Caledonia, and struggled against the power of the Romans, who were in his time the rulers of England. He also undertook warlike expeditions to the Orkneys, Ireland, and even Sweden, and was a prince of a highly chivalric character. Indeed, as painted by O ian, he was a great hero, and the father of his people. Lived in the 3d cent. Fingal, ( fin'gawl,) a district of Ireland, co. Dublin, where are settled the descendants of some Finns or Norwegians, who still retain a dialect and other features of their origin. Fingal, a village of Upper Canada, co. of Middle sex, about 157 m. S.W. of Toronto. Fin'gal's Cave, a curious cavern (see Figs. 298, 299) formed of basaltic columns, situate in the isle of Staff a, one of the He brides, on the W. coast of Scotland, 25 m. from Oban. - See BASALT.