DALRY, mining and manufacturing town and parish, Ayr shire, Scotland, on the Garnock, 234 m. S.W. of Glasgow, by the L.M.S.R. (Gaelic, "the field of the king"). Pop. (1931) 6,827. The industries consist of woollen factories, worsted spinning, brick-making, dyeing, machine-knitting, and iron and steel works. Coal and iron are found. In the vicinity are the large iron works of Blair and Glengarnock, and a curious stalactite cave, known as Elf House, 3o ft. high and about 200 ft. long, offering some resem blance to a pointed aisle.