Maclean

/ məˈkleɪn /

noun

1. Donald. 1913–83, British civil servant, who spied for the Russians: fled to the former Soviet Union (with Guy Burgess) in 1951

2. Sorley (ˈsɔːlɪ). 1911–96, Scottish Gaelic poet. His works include Dàin do Eimhir agus Dàin Eile (1943) and Spring Tide and Neap Tide (1977)

Example Sentences

Almost all of the filming was done in Scotland – where three decades later Tim Roth returned to make John MacLean's Tornado, and was relieved to find the wintry temperatures had killed off the midges.

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“Jesus’ Son” was a good example—director Alison Maclean was reverent, but slightly baffled.

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The Heath tile is one of Norton Simon’s “superpowers,” said project architect Liz MacLean, a principal at the firm Architectural Resources Group, which specializes in historic preservation.

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ARG began the process of identifying which tiles needed the most remediation by doing a photorealistic laser scan of the building that MacLean described as a sort of high-tech x-ray.

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The process was complicated, MacLean and Denk note, because the workers had to re-create the tiles with a new formula.

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