FIORD

or FIORD, a geographical term (of Scand in avian origin) applied to long, narrow, and very irregularly shaped inlets of the sea, such as diversify the coast of Norway. Similar inlets of the sea are presented in the sealochs of the west coast of Scotland, as also in the fiords on the south-west coast of the South Island of New Zealand, where the scenery is singularly imposing. Fiords often seem to owe their origin to the action of glaciers in remote epochs of the earth’s history. FI’/ORIN (Agrostis alba), a common British gra found in pastures and waste places. It is not of much agricultural value. A stoloniferous variety, sometimes called A. stolon if era, is often a troublesome weed.