{"id":1622,"date":"2019-11-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/guides\/the-scots-origins-of-place-names-in-britain\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T11:43:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T11:43:44","slug":"the-scots-origins-of-place-names-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/guides\/the-scots-origins-of-place-names-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"The Scots origins of place names in Britain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<header id=\"block_c765eacfc960a81c6d039c675906e71e\" class=\"SingleHero skip-lazy default\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"SingleHero__categories\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/activities\/map-reading\/\" class=\"category\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMap Reading\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a 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class=\"Inner InnerButtons\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center justify-content-md-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"InnerButtons__button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/guides\/the-welsh-origins-of-place-names-in-britain\/\" class=\"Button Button--orange \" target=\"_blank\" >\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\tWelsh origins of place names in Britain\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__arrow\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<g>\n<path d=\"M5 12H19M19 12L12 5M19 12L12 19\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"2\" stroke-linecap=\"round\" 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stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\n<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p><strong>To see the location of each place, copy and paste the <a href=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/manager\/guides\/beginners-guide-to-grid-references\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">grid references<\/a> into <a href=\"https:\/\/explore.osmaps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OS Maps<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<section id=\"block_e8948fb4cc5de651bf33bbb323436726\" class=\"Inner InnerButtons\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center justify-content-md-center\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-auto\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"InnerButtons__button\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<a 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Scots<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/scots-dictionary-1024x285.jpg\" alt=\"Scots Dictionary Entry\" class=\"wp-image-18995\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/scots-dictionary-1024x285.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/scots-dictionary-300x84.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/scots-dictionary-768x214.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/scots-dictionary.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Scots is the name for the language of lowland Scotland. It is a Germanic language, closely related to English. It developed from the northern Old English (or Old Northumbrian) that was introduced into south-east Scotland (south of the Forth) from the 7th century AD onwards, as the kingdom of Northumbria expanded northwards. It was reinforced later by northern English that had been exposed to strong Norse influence after the Norse (Danes and Norwegians) occupied what is now Yorkshire and Cumbria. It started to be more widely spoken in eastern Scotland, north of the Forth, in the 12th century; by the early 15th century it was well established as the language of the Scottish court and parliament; and by the end of the middle ages (that is by about 1500) it had superseded Gaelic in almost all the southern and eastern lowlands. It was introduced into the Northern Isles (Orkney and Shetland) in the later middle ages, and by the 18th century it had superseded the local Norse language (Norn), which, however, has left its strong mark on the Scots spoken in those islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When it was first introduced into Scotland north of the Forth the language now known as Scots was described as \u2018Inglis\u2019, and it did not start being described as \u2018Scottis\u2019 until the late middle ages. In southern Scotland (south of a line running between the Firths of Clyde and Forth) it is sometimes difficult to distinguish place names that were coined in the post-1100 period from those that date from the earlier Northumbrian occupation, which are referred to as Old Northumbrian, Old English, or Anglian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the bulk of the more important place names in the Scottish Lowlands, such as those of settlements and parishes, are either of Celtic origin (Gaelic, Pictish, British), or, in the south-east, of Old Northumbrian origin, Scots place names predominate on detailed maps of almost any part of this Lowland area. This is because most of the surviving names of the smaller hills, burns, bogs and other minor features, as well as later settlements, were coined within the Scots-speaking period. This applies especially to divisions of older estates or landholdings that have adjectives known as \u2018affixes\u2019 attached to them to describe the various divisions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Typical affixes are west(er), east(er), nether, laigh, heich or high, over, meikle, and so on. All of these are Scots, but mostly attached to place names that are much earlier. Such affixes usually describe the position or size of different divisions of a settlement-area relative to each other. However, they can also describe the nature of the land typical of the particular division. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, the extensive lands of Cairnie (a Celtic name) north of Cupar in Fife were divided early in the Scots-speaking period and have come down to us with Scots affixes such as Hillcairnie NO3618, Lordscairnie NO3517, Myrecairnie NO3617, and Newcairnie NO3519. More typically, and probably of slightly later date, the various features of the divisions of an old holding are expressed by such Scots compound nouns as \u2018Hilton (hilltoun) of\u2019, \u2018Bogton (bogtoun) of\u2019, \u2018Newton (newtoun) of\u2019, as in Hilton of Culsh NJ8748, Aberdeenshire. Hilton of Culsh distinguishes it from other divisions of the lands of Culsh such as South Culsh NJ8847 (Scots south), Mains of Culsh NJ8848 (Scots mains of) and Milton of Culsh NJ8848 (Scots milntoun of).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The high number of Scots place name elements in names on modern maps of the Scottish Lowlands is obscured by two factors. Firstly, because of their close relationship, there are many elements that Scots shares with English, more precisely Scottish Standard English, the standard form of the English language spoken in Scotland. Because of the cultural and political dominance of English over the last few centuries it is often assumed that a place name element that is the same as English is English, when it is in fact Scots. Elements such as hill, side, and field, are as Scots as burn, brig, and brae, and belong to the very earliest layer of Scots place names. In areas of Northumbrian occupation (especially East Lothian and the eastern Borders) names with such elements as hill, side, field could even be as early as the 7th or 8th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other factor that has obscured the high number of Scots place name elements on modern maps is the strong English influence on the written language over recent centuries. This was reinforced by the fact that when the Ordnance Survey first surveyed Scotland in the 19th century the language mould into which it was cast was Standard English rather than Scots. The result of all this has given a spurious, and often misleading, English veneer to Scottish place names. For example, places ending in Scots haugh have often been depicted as hall, or similarly the Scots word fa(w) rendered as fal. It has led to uncertainty as to whether a place name coined in the last 200 or so years should be defined as Scots or Scottish English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-what-is-the-structure-of-scots-place-names\">What is the structure of Scots place names?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/getoutside39507958bf.blob.core.windows.net\/blobgetoutside39507958bf\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-toolbooth-wynd-1024x470.jpg\" alt=\"Old Toolbooth Wynd. Wynd from Scots meaning 'long narrow lane'\" class=\"wp-image-18994\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-toolbooth-wynd-1024x470.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-toolbooth-wynd-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-toolbooth-wynd-768x352.jpg 768w, https:\/\/osmaps.com\/discover\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/old-toolbooth-wynd.jpg 1376w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Old Tolbooth Wynd, Edinburgh, where &#8216;wynd&#8217; means a &#8216;narrow curving lane&#8217;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Place names can consist of a single generic element, usually a noun, either in the singular or the plural (Knowe NJ2835, Kaims NT2768). These are sometimes preceded by the definite article \u2018the\u2019 (The Bught NX8782). Most place names, however, are made up of more than one element, with a linguistic relationship between the elements. The closest relationship between two elements is known as a compound noun, two words put together to form a new word, which is then used as a place name. Examples of this are hatto(u)n \u2018farm or settlement at or with a hall or main residence\u2019, made up of Scots hall or ha \u2018hall\u2019, \u2018main residence\u2019 and Scots toun \u2018farm\u2019, \u2018settlement\u2019; hil(l)toun \u2018farm or settlement on a hill or upland\u2019, made up of Scots hill and Scots toun; and milntoun \u2018mill farm or mill settlement\u2019, \u2018milton\u2019, made up of Scots miln \u2018mill\u2019 and Scots toun. In effect these can be treated as single generic elements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The generic can also be qualified by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> an adjective, such as black in Blackford NN8909;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> another common noun put before the generic, such as bow \u2018cattle\u2019 in Bowmuir NS9942;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> a proper noun put before the generic, either a personal name, such as Thomas in Thomaston NS2409 or Mary in Maryhill NS5569 or an existing place name, such as Earnock in Earnock Burn NS6954; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> a place name put after the generic (with or without the definite article), followed by of (often reduced to o), such as of Bute in Kyles of Bute NR9966 or o Muckhart in Yetts o Muckhart NO0001.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The element qualifying a generic element is called a qualifying or specific element. An element can be generic or specific, depending on how it is used in a name. For example, in Blackford NN8909 black is the specific, ford is the generic element; whereas in Fordmouth NS9850 ford it is the specific, mouth the generic element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-scots-and-gaelic\">Scots and Gaelic<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Scots and Gaelic have coexisted for many centuries, with Scots superseding Gaelic in the Lowlands in a long and gradual process. This means that many Gaelic words have been borrowed into Scots, a borrowing that is especially strong when it comes to topography or descriptions of landscape. 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For example, the vowel that in central Scotland is pronounced as a long open o (as Standard Scottish English awe) is pronounced in north-east Scotland as a long open a (as in Standard Scottish English shah, bra). The spellings haw and haa reflect this, and ha is commonly used to cover both. In earlier writing an apostrophe will be found in such words, for example, ha\u2019, to indicate the loss of ll, but this is no longer acceptable. In general the glossary has taken as its headword the main form found in the Concise Scots Dictionary, giving alternative forms as well as cross references. This dictionary is derived from two major works, the 12-volume Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (Scots before 1700) and the 10-volume Scottish National Dictionary (Scots after 1700). These two very important dictionaries are now available in an easily accessible form on the Dictionary of the Scots Language web site (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dsl.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.dsl.ac.uk<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-vowels\">Vowels<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the chief features of Scots vowels (as well as the vowels of Standard Scottish English) is that certain vowels are pronounced as a single sound (known as a monophthong), not two sounds put together (known as a diphthong), which is the case in South British Standard English (including English Received Pronunciation). If there is nobody around, say out loud, slowly, how the Queen would say \u2018boat\u2019: you will hear (at least!) two different vowels in there. In Scots the same word is pronounced with one single vowel, which can be described as a closed o, very much the sound of the German oo in Boot (\u2018boat\u2019). In fact, the vowels of Scots are much closer to those of standard German than they are to those of South British Standard English.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bearing all this in mind, it should be straightforward for anyone familiar with Standard English spelling to be able to pronounce all the vowels in the Scots elements in this index. However, the following should be noted:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ow and ou: ow is pronounced as in Scottish Standard English ow in \u2018how\u2019; ou is pronounced as in Scottish Standard English oo in \u2018look\u2019, though sometimes it is pronounced ow, with doup generally pronounced \u2018dowp\u2019, and loup pronounced as \u2018lowp\u2019.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-consonants\">Consonants<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With a few exceptions, the pronunciation of Scots consonants presents no difficulty to the speaker of most forms of British English. The exceptions are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> ch and gh are both used indiscriminately to represent the guttural sound, well known in the Scottish English pronunciation of \u2018loch\u2019. 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These elements are simply the words people used to describe a place or their response to their environment. A more complete background to Scots in place names, pronunciation and spelling can be found preceding Introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a glossary of the elements from Scots most frequently found in the place names of Britain. It does not claim to be a comprehensive list of Scots elements found in Scottish place names, but it can claim to be the most comprehensive to date. Some elements which are the same as English have not been included. The meaning given is that which occurs in place names. 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stroke-linejoin=\"round\"\/>\n<\/g>\n<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p><strong>Abbreviations:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span> = adjective<br><span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span> = noun\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><th>Element<\/th><th>Meaning<\/th><th>Examples<\/th><\/tr><tr><td>aller <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>alder<\/td><td>Aller Dean <span class=\"gridref\">NT9847<\/span>, Allershaw Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NS9611<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>auld <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>old<\/td><td>Auld Byres <span class=\"gridref\">NS4219<\/span>, Auld Mill <span class=\"gridref\">NO4862<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>balk <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>alternative form of baulk<\/td><td>Howbalk <span class=\"gridref\">NU0513<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>baud <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>thicket, thickly growing gorse<\/td><td>Bauds of Cullen <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4766<\/span>, Birkenbaud <span class=\"gridref\">NO7296<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>baulk <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>unploughed rig in a cultivated field ofen used as a boundary<\/td><td>Baulk Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NO0709<\/span>, Baulk of Struie <span class=\"gridref\">NO0709<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bell <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>top of a hill, highest part of a slope; bell-shaped<\/td><td>Bell Craig <span class=\"gridref\">NS5583<\/span>, Bell Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NY5397<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>belt <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>narrow plantation<\/td><td>Belt Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NX6679<\/span>, Belt of Muirtack <span class=\"gridref\">NJ9938<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bent <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>open ground or sandy hillocks covered with coarse, rush-like grass<\/td><td>Bent <span class=\"gridref\">NO6972<\/span>, Bent Bridge <span class=\"gridref\">NS4359<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bicker <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>fight, quarrel<\/td><td>Bicker Bridge <span class=\"gridref\">NJ5959<\/span>, Bicker Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NJ6058<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bield <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>place giving refuge or shelter<\/td><td>Bieldside <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8802<\/span>, Craigy Bield <span class=\"gridref\">NT1756<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>biggin <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>building<\/td><td>Langbigging <span class=\"gridref\">HY7644<\/span>, Midbigging <span class=\"gridref\">HY5103<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bink <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>ledge in a cliff, shelf<\/td><td>Binks Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NT4103<\/span>, Black Binks <span class=\"gridref\">NO2565<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>birk <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>birch-tree<\/td><td>Braes of Birkenhills <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7445<\/span>, The Birks <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7261<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bog <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>morass, bog<\/td><td>Bruntshielbog <span class=\"gridref\">NY4082<\/span>, Dean Mill Bog <span class=\"gridref\">NT7571<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bonnet <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>sof flat hat<\/td><td>The Bonnets <span class=\"gridref\">NN8751<\/span>, Blue Bonnet Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NH5038<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bonnie <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>see bonny<\/td><td>Bonnie Doune <span class=\"gridref\">NK0364<\/span>, Bonnie View <span class=\"gridref\">NT9550<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bonny <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>beautiful, pretty, handsome, attractive<\/td><td>Bonny Braes <span class=\"gridref\">NX0669<\/span>, Bonnyside <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7915<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>boo <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>manor house, village (used in Northern Isles and parts of Caithness)<\/td><td>Boo Breck <span class=\"gridref\">HY2716<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bought <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>sheepfold; curve, bend High<\/td><td>Boughthill <span class=\"gridref\">NY7886<\/span>, The Bought <span class=\"gridref\">HY5608<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bow <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>cattle<\/td><td>Bowfield <span class=\"gridref\">NS3958<\/span>, Bowhouse <span class=\"gridref\">NO2610<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bracken <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>fern<\/td><td>Bracken Gill <span class=\"gridref\">NY2994<\/span>, Brackenhill <span class=\"gridref\">NN9114<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>brae <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>slope of a hill; uplands (in plural form)<\/td><td>Brackeny Brae <span class=\"gridref\">ND2349<\/span>, Braes of Coul <span class=\"gridref\">NO2857<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>braid <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>broad<\/td><td>Braid Bog <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4218<\/span>, Braidhaugh <span class=\"gridref\">NT5910<\/span>, Braid Cairn <span class=\"gridref\">NO4287<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>brewster <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>brewer<\/td><td>Brewster\u2019s Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NS8208<\/span>, Brewsterwells <span class=\"gridref\">NO4809<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>brig <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>bridge<\/td><td>Brig o\u2019Turk <span class=\"gridref\">NN5306<\/span>, Blackburn Brig <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8744<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>broch <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>circular prehistoric tower<\/td><td>Broch of Borwick <span class=\"gridref\">HY2216<\/span>, Oxtro Broch <span class=\"gridref\">HY2526<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>brock <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>badger<\/td><td>Brock Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NS5259<\/span>, Brockholes <span class=\"gridref\">NJ6307<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>broo <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>brow of a hill, overhanging bank of a hill<\/td><td>Broo Gill <span class=\"gridref\">HU2678<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>brow <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see broo<\/td><td>Throw Brow <span class=\"gridref\">NT1012<\/span>, Wedder Brows <span class=\"gridref\">NT2209<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>brunt <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>burnt<\/td><td>Brunt Rig <span class=\"gridref\">NS7208<\/span>, Bruntland <span class=\"gridref\">HU5142<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bu <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>bull<\/td><td>Bu Hill <span class=\"gridref\">HY2204<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bucht <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see bought<\/td><td>Buchtrig <span class=\"gridref\">NT7714<\/span>, Bucht Slack <span class=\"gridref\">NT0427<\/span>, Bucht Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NS5543<\/span>, Bucht Sike <span class=\"gridref\">NT7819<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>bught <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see bought<\/td><td>Sheep Bught Rock <span class=\"gridref\">NX7243<\/span>, New Bught Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NX1471<\/span>, Todsbughts <span class=\"gridref\">NS8372<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>burgh <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>Scots and Scottish English spelling of borough, town (originally with a charter)<\/td><td>Jedburgh <span class=\"gridref\">NT6520<\/span>, Edinburgh <span class=\"gridref\">NT2876<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>burn <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>stream<\/td><td>Nether Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NS9308<\/span>, Newbigging Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NJ6108<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>burrow <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>form of burgh<\/td><td>Burrowgate <span class=\"gridref\">HY6123<\/span>, Burrowley <span class=\"gridref\">NJ9834<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>butt <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>ground disjoined from adjacent lands, strip of ploughed land, irregularly shaped ridge<\/td><td>Butt Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NS7714<\/span>, Longmeadow Butts <span class=\"gridref\">NT5435<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cairn <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>pyramid or pile of loose stones<\/td><td>Macbeth\u2019s Cairn <span class=\"gridref\">NJ5705<\/span>, White Cairn <span class=\"gridref\">NJ5931<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cald <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>see cauld<\/td><td>Cald Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NO2977<\/span>, Cald Well <span class=\"gridref\">NY5382<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>carlin <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>old woman, old man<\/td><td>Carlin Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NS5242<\/span>, High Carlingcraig <span class=\"gridref\">NS5639<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>carse <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>low land along river bank, flood plain<\/td><td>Carse Loch <span class=\"gridref\">NX9184<\/span>, Carse of Bayfield <span class=\"gridref\">NH8073<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>caul <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>weir, dam<\/td><td>Old Caul Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NY2371<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cauld <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see caul<\/td><td>Nisbetmill Cauld <span class=\"gridref\">NT6524<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cauld <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>cold<\/td><td>Cauldwells <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8056<\/span>, Cauld Cleuch <span class=\"gridref\">NT4601<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>causey <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>causeway<\/td><td>Causeyhead <span class=\"gridref\">NS4346<\/span>, Causeyport <span class=\"gridref\">NO9198<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>chingle <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>gravel, shingle<\/td><td>Chinglebraes <span class=\"gridref\">HY4208<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>clash <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>large hollow or cavity on hillside<\/td><td>Clash Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NO7892<\/span>, Clash of Wirren <span class=\"gridref\">NO4975<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>claver <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>clover<\/td><td>Claver Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NY7479<\/span>, Claver Sike <span class=\"gridref\">NY7379<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cleuch <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see cleugh<\/td><td>Corbie Cleuch <span class=\"gridref\">NS8503<\/span>, Chapel Cleuch <span class=\"gridref\">NS8112<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cleugh <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>gorge, ravine, cliff, crag<\/td><td>Cleugh of Tongue <span class=\"gridref\">NX5253<\/span>, Baron\u2019s Cleugh <span class=\"gridref\">NT1460<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>clif <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>cliff, clef, cave<\/td><td>Clifon <span class=\"gridref\">HY5042<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>clint <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>cliff, crag, precipice<\/td><td>Clint Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NY7279<\/span>, Clintlaw <span class=\"gridref\">NO2853<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>close <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>enclosed land, farmyard, narrow alley<\/td><td>Green Close <span class=\"gridref\">NY2354<\/span>, Howclose <span class=\"gridref\">NX8775<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cloy <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see cleugh<\/td><td>Cloy Rig <span class=\"gridref\">NX3281<\/span>, Cloybank <span class=\"gridref\">NS7779<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>coble <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>ferry boat<\/td><td>Coble Haugh <span class=\"gridref\">NO0517<\/span>, Coble House Point <span class=\"gridref\">NO4619<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>comb <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>bosom of a hill, hollow in a mountain side<\/td><td>East Comb <span class=\"gridref\">NO7047<\/span>, Lishaw Combs <span class=\"gridref\">NY5984<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>corbie <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>raven, crow<\/td><td>Corbie Craigs <span class=\"gridref\">NS4509<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>corby <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see corbie<\/td><td>Corby Linn <span class=\"gridref\">NY5587<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>corrie <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>hollow on the side of a mountain or between two mountains<\/td><td>Corrie of Bellaty <span class=\"gridref\">NO2460<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>corse <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>cross, market place, crossing place<\/td><td>Corse Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NJ5507<\/span>, Corse Sike<span class=\"gridref\"> NY3475,<\/span> Corston <span class=\"gridref\">HU3612<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cot <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>small house, cottage<\/td><td>Sheepcot Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NY0584<\/span>, Washingcot Rocks <span class=\"gridref\">NJ0852<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cote, cott <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see cot<\/td><td>East Cote Farm <span class=\"gridref\">NY1255<\/span>, Woodside Cott <span class=\"gridref\">NH8307<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cotton <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>small collection of farm-cottages<\/td><td>Cotton of Carnegie <span class=\"gridref\">NO5241<\/span>, Carriston Cotton <span class=\"gridref\">NO3204<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cottown <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see cotton<\/td><td>North Cottown <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7715<\/span>, Upper Cottown <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7615<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cove <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>cave, cavern<\/td><td>Cove Harbour <span class=\"gridref\">NT7871<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cowper <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>horse dealer<\/td><td>Cowper\u2019s Craig <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8266<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>craig <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>rocky place<\/td><td>Swallow Craig <span class=\"gridref\">NS7310<\/span>, White Craig <span class=\"gridref\">NO2175<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cran <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>crane, heron<\/td><td>Cran Moss <span class=\"gridref\">NX1033<\/span>, Cranbog <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8760<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>craw <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">crow, pen, pig-sty<\/span><\/td><td>Craw Stane <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4926<\/span>, Craw Wood <span class=\"gridref\">NY1379<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>crof <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>land of superior quality, kept constantly manured and under crop, smallholding<\/td><td>Westburn Crof <span class=\"gridref\">NJ9420<\/span>, White Crof <span class=\"gridref\">NM9336<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>croo <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>small yard, sheep pen<\/td><td>Billia Croo <span class=\"gridref\">HY2210<\/span>, Croo Field <span class=\"gridref\">HU2051<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>crook <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">from cruik: bend in a river, curved or crooked piece of ground<\/span><\/td><td>Avoncrook <span class=\"gridref\">NS9472<\/span>, Crook of Devon <span class=\"gridref\">NO0300<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>crooked <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>bent, winding<\/td><td>Crooked Bank <span class=\"gridref\">NS9010<\/span>, Crookedshaws <span class=\"gridref\">NT8025<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>cutty <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>short<\/td><td>Cutty Cleuch <span class=\"gridref\">NY2279<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>dass <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>ledge on a hillside or cliff<\/td><td>Green Dass <span class=\"gridref\">NX9198<\/span>, The Dass <span class=\"gridref\">NT4750<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>daugh <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see davoch<\/td><td>Daugh of Aberlour <span class=\"gridref\">NJ2842<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>davoch <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>measure of land<\/td><td>Easter Davoch <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4607<\/span>, Davoch of Grange <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4851<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>dean, den <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">deep wooded valley (dean &#8211; south of the Forth, den &#8211; north of the Forth)<\/span><\/td><td>Dunglass Dean <span class=\"gridref\">NT7671<\/span>, Easter Denhead <span class=\"gridref\">NO2441<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>dess <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see dass<\/td><td>Desswood <span class=\"gridref\">NO5799<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>dod <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>bare hill with rounded top<\/td><td>Deuchrie Dod <span class=\"gridref\">NT6272<\/span>, Friardykes Dod <span class=\"gridref\">NT6569<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>dodd <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see dod<\/td><td>Dodd Sike <span class=\"gridref\">NY7079<\/span>, Great Dodd <span class=\"gridref\">NY7992<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>doocot <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>dovecot<\/td><td>Doocot Den <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7863<\/span>, Doocot Point <span class=\"gridref\">HY4716<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>doup <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>bottom, end of anything, buttocks, backside<\/td><td>Little Doups <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8361<\/span>, The Doups <span class=\"gridref\">NT6536<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>drum <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>long narrow ridge or knoll<\/td><td>Disdow Drum <span class=\"gridref\">NX6156<\/span>, South Drum <span class=\"gridref\">NO5359<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>dub <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>small pool of water, puddle<\/td><td>Waterless Dub <span class=\"gridref\">NT2394<\/span>, <span class=\"cls_004\">Davy\u2019s Dub<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NS1855<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>dyke <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>stone or turf wall<\/td><td>Deer Dyke <span class=\"gridref\">NO6676<\/span>, Dykefoot <span class=\"gridref\">NO4781<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>easter <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">eastern(-most), lying to the east<\/span><\/td><td>Easter Anguston <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8201<\/span>, Easter Balmoral <span class=\"gridref\">NO2694<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>elbuck <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>elbow<\/td><td><span class=\"cls_004\">Deil\u2019s Elbuck<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NX9393<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>eller <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>elder<\/td><td>Eller Bog <span class=\"gridref\">NX9385<\/span>, Ellerslee <span class=\"gridref\">NX9785<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>fal <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>see faw<\/td><td>Falkirk <span class=\"gridref\">NS8781<\/span>, Falfield <span class=\"gridref\">NO4408<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>fank <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>enclosure<\/td><td>Fank Wood <span class=\"gridref\">NS0878<\/span>, Fank Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NN7024<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>faugh <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>fallow ground<\/td><td>Longfaugh <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8322<\/span>, Faugh <span class=\"gridref\">NS9312<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>fauld <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>part of the outfield of a farm manured by penning cattle on it, fold<\/td><td>Shuttlefauld <span class=\"gridref\">NO1109<\/span>, Stane Fauld <span class=\"gridref\">NX2768<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>faw <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>variegated, of different colours<\/td><td>Faw Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NT6213<\/span>, Faw Side <span class=\"gridref\">NY3596<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>fell <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">rocky hill, hill-moor, high-lying ground<\/span><\/td><td>Fell Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NX2990<\/span>, Garheugh Fell <span class=\"gridref\">NX2751<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>fey <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>small field, crof<\/td><td>Kirk Fey <span class=\"gridref\">NX1238<\/span>, Fey Wood <span class=\"gridref\">NX8977<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>firth <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>estuary, inlet of the sea<\/td><td>Firth of Tay <span class=\"gridref\">NO3727<\/span>, Firth of Lorn <span class=\"gridref\">NM7628<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>flag <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>flagstone<\/td><td>Horse Flags <span class=\"gridref\">HY4849<\/span>, Fowl Flag <span class=\"gridref\">HY5055<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>flosh <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see flush<\/td><td>Flosh Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NT5303<\/span>, Floshknowe <span class=\"gridref\">NY0076<\/span>, Floshend <span class=\"gridref\">NY3168<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>flow <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>morass, peat bog<\/td><td>Fala Flow <span class=\"gridref\">NT4358<\/span>, Anderside Flow <span class=\"gridref\">NS6233<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>flush <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>boggy ground where water lies on the surface<\/td><td>Flush Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NX0067<\/span>, Tranew Flushes <span class=\"gridref\">NS3407<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>foggy <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>mossy, spongy<\/td><td>Foggy Moss <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4654<\/span>, Foggyleas <span class=\"gridref\">NO2414<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>forest <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>large area of land not necessarily wooded, originally used for deer hunting<\/td><td>Forest Lodge <span class=\"gridref\">NJ0216<\/span>, Garadhban Forest <span class=\"gridref\">NS4086<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>forking <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>division of a river into one or more streams<\/td><td>The Forkings <span class=\"gridref\">NJ6421<\/span>, Forkings of Raith <span class=\"gridref\">NS2962<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>fowl <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>bird of any kind<\/td><td>Fowl Craig <span class=\"gridref\">HY5054<\/span>, Fowl Taing <span class=\"gridref\">HU5179<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>frith <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>wood, clearing in a wood<\/td><td>Frithfield <span class=\"gridref\">NO5507<\/span>, Frithbie <span class=\"gridref\">NY2065<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>gair <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>strip of green on a hill, patch of marshy ground in heather<\/td><td>Gair Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NY6279<\/span>, Gair Shank <span class=\"gridref\">NT2809<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>gairy <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>steep hill, precipice<\/td><td>Gairy Lochs <span class=\"gridref\">ND4685<\/span>, Kittlegairy Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NT2741<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>garth <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>shallow shingly part of a river<\/td><td>Garthbanks <span class=\"gridref\">HU3612<\/span>, Garthdee <span class=\"gridref\">NJ9103<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>gate <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>road<\/td><td>Gateside <span class=\"gridref\">HU2978<\/span>, Canongate <span class=\"gridref\">NT2673<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>girth <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>sanctuary<\/td><td>Girthgate <span class=\"gridref\">NT5043<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>glack <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>narrow valley<\/td><td>West Glacks <span class=\"gridref\">NJ6039<\/span>, The Glack <span class=\"gridref\">NH7856<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>gled <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>buzzard, kite<\/td><td>Upper Gledfield <span class=\"gridref\">NH5790<\/span>, Gled Brae <span class=\"gridref\">NX7893<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>glen <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>valley<\/td><td><span class=\"cls_004\">Friar\u2019s Glen<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NO6879<\/span>, <span class=\"cls_004\">Sma\u2019 Glen<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NN9029<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>gore <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>strip of land at the side of a field<\/td><td>Gore Bridge <span class=\"gridref\">NT6942<\/span>, Gore Moss <span class=\"gridref\">NX9973<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>gote <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>drain, ditch, narrow inlet of the sea<\/td><td><span class=\"cls_004\">Tod\u2019s Gote<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">ND3544<\/span>, Whitemoss Gote <span class=\"gridref\">NS2958<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>gouk <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see gowk<\/td><td>Gouknest <span class=\"gridref\">NS4047<\/span>, Gouk Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NS3482<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>gowk <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>cuckoo<\/td><td>Gowkhall <span class=\"gridref\">NT0589<\/span>, West Gowkhill <span class=\"gridref\">NJ9046<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>grain <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>branch of a river, arm of a valley<\/td><td>Willow Grain <span class=\"gridref\">NS8412<\/span>, Wolf Grain <span class=\"gridref\">NO4388<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>green <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>village green, grassy ground surrounding a house<\/td><td>Woodgreen <span class=\"gridref\">NS3044<\/span>, Allerdean Greens <span class=\"gridref\">NT9845<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>grip <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">from gruip: drain<\/span><\/td><td>Millgrip <span class=\"gridref\">HY6123<\/span>, Rough Grip <span class=\"gridref\">NJ3605<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>gullet <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>gully, ravine<\/td><td>Gullet Spout <span class=\"gridref\">NX9195<\/span>, The Gullet <span class=\"gridref\">NY4887<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>gutter <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>mud, mire, puddles<\/td><td>Thorter Gutter <span class=\"gridref\">NT0217<\/span>, Black Gutter <span class=\"gridref\">NX4185<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hack <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>wild, rocky stretch of moorland or moss<\/td><td>Hack Field <span class=\"gridref\">HU1756<\/span>, Hackland <span class=\"gridref\">HY3920<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hag, hagg <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>hollow of marshy ground in a moor, hillock of firmer ground in a bog<\/td><td>Hag Brae <span class=\"gridref\">NO5050<\/span>, Hagg Dean <span class=\"gridref\">NU1627<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hally <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>holy<\/td><td>Hallywell Rig <span class=\"gridref\">NT6953<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hame <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>home, settlement<\/td><td>Cauldhame <span class=\"gridref\">HU3938<\/span>, Tyninghame <span class=\"gridref\">NT6079<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hard <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>piece of firm ground as opposed to a bog<\/td><td>Wester Hardmuir <span class=\"gridref\">NH9456<\/span>, Burn of Hardwall <span class=\"gridref\">HU3769<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hass <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see hause<\/td><td><span class=\"cls_004\">Katie\u2019s Hass<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NT2941<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hatton <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>farm or settlement with a hall or main residence (a combination of Scots haa (hall) + toun)<\/td><td>Easter Hatton <span class=\"gridref\">NO1947<\/span>, Merryhatton <span class=\"gridref\">NT5479<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>haud <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>overhanging bank of a stream, retreat<\/td><td>Haudgate Hole <span class=\"gridref\">NT8655<\/span>, Haud Yauds <span class=\"gridref\">NT8368<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>haugh <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">river-meadow, level piece of ground beside a stream<\/span><\/td><td>Haugh of Glass <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4239<\/span>, Haughhead <span class=\"gridref\">HY4010<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hause <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>gap, opening, neck of land, head of a pass<\/td><td>Hause Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NX8762<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>head <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see heid<\/td><td>Herston Head <span class=\"gridref\">ND4191<\/span>, Heugh Head <span class=\"gridref\">NO5098<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>heck <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>rack or grating for fodder, for drying fish, or across a stream<\/td><td>Hunterheck <span class=\"gridref\">NT1004<\/span>, Old Haiks <span class=\"gridref\">NO6111<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>heid <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>head, highest part of a valley, summit of a hill<\/td><td><span class=\"cls_004\">The Deil\u2019s Heid<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NO6741<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hemmel <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>from hammel: covered shed for cattle<\/td><td>Blue Hemmel <span class=\"gridref\">NY7475<\/span>, Hemmel Knowe <span class=\"gridref\">NT7759<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>heuch <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>precipice, crag, cliff, steep bank<\/td><td>Heuch of Coul <span class=\"gridref\">NN9712<\/span>, Little Heuch Law <span class=\"gridref\">NT7816<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hip <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>projecting piece of land<\/td><td>Lamahip <span class=\"gridref\">NO5592<\/span>, Hanginghip Plantation <span class=\"gridref\">NY2473<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hirst <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>hillock, knoll, barren, unproductive piece of ground<\/td><td>Netherhirst <span class=\"gridref\">NY4473<\/span>, Sandy Hirst <span class=\"gridref\">NT6379<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hog, hogg <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>young sheep<\/td><td>Hog Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NT3918<\/span>, Hog Lairs <span class=\"gridref\">NT9113<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hole <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>cover, shelter, hole<\/td><td>Brockholes <span class=\"gridref\">NJ6307<\/span>, Low Todhole <span class=\"gridref\">NY6298<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>holl <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see howe<\/td><td>East Holl <span class=\"gridref\">NJ1456<\/span>, Holl Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NO2103<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hollin <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>holly<\/td><td>Hollin Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NT7803<\/span>, Hollinsheugh Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NU1519<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>holm <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">from howm: stretch of low-lying land beside a river<\/span><\/td><td>Lyneholm Cleuch <span class=\"gridref\">NY2791<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>hope <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>small enclosed upland valley, hollow among the hills; bay<\/td><td>Hopehead Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NT1438<\/span>, St Margaret\u2019s Hope <span class=\"gridref\">ND4494<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>howe <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">hollow depression, low-lying pieceof ground<\/span><\/td><td>Hopeless Howe <span class=\"gridref\">NX3366<\/span>, Howe Moss <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7641<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>howie <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>full of hollows<\/td><td>Howierig <span class=\"gridref\">NS8478<\/span>, Howie Sound <span class=\"gridref\">HY4631<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>jingle <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see chingle<\/td><td><span class=\"cls_004\">Deil\u2019s Jingle<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NY2795<\/span>, Near Jingle Sike <span class=\"gridref\">NY4986<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>kail <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>cole, a variety of cabbage<\/td><td>Kail Yard <span class=\"gridref\">ND4996<\/span>, Kail Cairn <span class=\"gridref\">NT3825<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>kaim <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see kame<\/td><td>Maiden Kaim <span class=\"gridref\">NO8883<\/span>, North Kaim <span class=\"gridref\">NS3461<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>kame <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">comb, long narrow steep-sided ridge, crest of a hill<\/span><\/td><td>Burn of the Kame <span class=\"gridref\">HU4785<\/span>, Easter Kame <span class=\"gridref\">HU3788<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>kip, kipp <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>projecting point of a hill, peak<\/td><td>Hyndhope Kip <span class=\"gridref\">NT3519<\/span>, Kipps Farm <span class=\"gridref\">NS7366<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>kippie <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>hilly, having kips<\/td><td>Kippie Island <span class=\"gridref\">NT8844<\/span>, Kippie Knowe <span class=\"gridref\">NT7716<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>kirk <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>church<\/td><td>Kirkhill <span class=\"gridref\">NK0152<\/span>, Kirkmichael <span class=\"gridref\">NO0860<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>kirn <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>churn, natural feature resembling a churn<\/td><td>Wester Kirn <span class=\"gridref\">NJ2000<\/span>, <span class=\"cls_004\">Auld Wife\u2019s Kirn<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NT0500<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>knab <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see knap<\/td><td>The Knab <span class=\"gridref\">HU4840<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>knap <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>hillock, knoll, rounded knob, lump, bump<\/td><td>Marnock Knap <span class=\"gridref\">NO8277<\/span>, Square\u2019s Knap <span class=\"gridref\">NO8183<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>knock <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>hillock<\/td><td>Big Knock <span class=\"gridref\">NT1017<\/span>, East Knock <span class=\"gridref\">NO4876<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>knowe <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>hillock, knoll, protuberance<\/td><td>Lamb Knowe <span class=\"gridref\">NS7917<\/span>, Lang Knowe <span class=\"gridref\">NS9830<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>kyle, kyles <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>sound, strait<\/td><td>Kyle of Durness <span class=\"gridref\">NC3765<\/span>, Kyles of Bute <span class=\"gridref\">NS0472<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>lade <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>watercourse leading to a mill<\/td><td>Mill Lade <span class=\"gridref\">ND3648<\/span>, Distillery Lade <span class=\"gridref\">NR3358<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>laigh <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>from laich: stretch of low-lying ground<\/td><td>Laigh Drumdow <span class=\"gridref\">NS2105<\/span>, Laigh Riggend <span class=\"gridref\">NS7669<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>laigh <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>low<\/td><td>Laigh Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NT1228<\/span>, Laigh Wood <span class=\"gridref\">NX1585<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>lair <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">mud, mire, bog, quicksand; place where animals lie down, enclosure<\/span><\/td><td>Hog Lairs <span class=\"gridref\">NT9113<\/span>, <span class=\"cls_004\">Nouts\u2019 Lair<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NO7586<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>land <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>land, the fields, countryside<\/td><td>Meikle Kirkland <span class=\"gridref\">NX8269<\/span>, Woodlands <span class=\"gridref\">NH8351<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>lane <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>marshy meadow; sometimes English \u2018lane\u2019<\/td><td>Rushy Lane <span class=\"gridref\">NT0011<\/span>, Shiels Lane <span class=\"gridref\">NX1970<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>lang <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>long, tall<\/td><td>East Langton <span class=\"gridref\">NS4051<\/span>, High Langmuir <span class=\"gridref\">NS3941<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>latch <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>mire, swamp<\/td><td>Little Latch <span class=\"gridref\">NO4538<\/span>, Latchfold <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8146<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>law <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>round, conical ofen isolated hill<\/td><td>Lucklaw <span class=\"gridref\">NO4120<\/span>, <span class=\"cls_004\">Macbeth\u2019s Law<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NO2034<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>lea <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">grass-land<\/span><\/td><td>Oaklea <span class=\"gridref\">HY4506<\/span>, Rashboglea <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8645<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>lee <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see lea<\/td><td>Netherlee <span class=\"gridref\">NS5758<\/span>, Merrylee <span class=\"gridref\">NS5659<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ley <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see lea<\/td><td>Langley <span class=\"gridref\">NJ5156<\/span>, North Whiteley <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4347<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>links <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">grass-covered dunes<\/span><\/td><td>Cullen Links <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4967<\/span>, Fisherrow Links <span class=\"gridref\">NT3473<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>linn <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>waterfall, cataract, deep, narrow gorge, shrubby ravine<\/td><td>Flatt Linn <span class=\"gridref\">NS6451<\/span>, Furmiston Linn <span class=\"gridref\">NX5992<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>lint <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>flax<\/td><td>Lint Brae <span class=\"gridref\">HY4006<\/span>, Lintdub Moss <span class=\"gridref\">NY2381<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>loan <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>right of way for stock to common grazing, lane, small common ground<\/td><td>Braid Loans <span class=\"gridref\">NY6477<\/span>, Byres Loan <span class=\"gridref\">NT3865<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>loaning <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>lane, bypath, right of passage for animals by means of a loan<\/td><td>Brownrigg Loaning <span class=\"gridref\">NX9976<\/span>, Cadgers\u2019 Loaning <span class=\"gridref\">NY1288<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>lodge <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">hunting lodge, house, fishing-hut<\/span><\/td><td>Drumbuie Lodge <span class=\"gridref\">NO0344<\/span>, Dryfe Lodge <span class=\"gridref\">NY1893<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>lone <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see loan<\/td><td>Lone <span class=\"gridref\">NJ0748<\/span>, Moat Lone <span class=\"gridref\">NT2602<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>loop <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>winding of a river, lake or glen<\/td><td>Thumb Loop <span class=\"gridref\">NX3386<\/span>, Upper Loop <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7544<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>loup <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>the jump, the leap, narrow part of a river, small cataract<\/td><td>Wild Mare\u2019s Loup <span class=\"gridref\">NO7186<\/span>, Black Loup <span class=\"gridref\">NX3778<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>lug <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>corner, recess, ear<\/td><td>The Lug <span class=\"gridref\">HP6317<\/span>, Banklug <span class=\"gridref\">NS4456<\/span>, Blacklug <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4137<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>mains <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>home farm on an estate<\/td><td>Buittle Mains <span class=\"gridref\">NX8160<\/span>, Carberry Mains <span class=\"gridref\">NT3570<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>meikle <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>see muckle<\/td><td>Meikle Auchrae <span class=\"gridref\">NX6494<\/span>, Meikle Cat Cairn <span class=\"gridref\">NJ3515<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>mere <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>small pool<\/td><td>Mere Cleuch <span class=\"gridref\">NT1008<\/span>, Leishmere <span class=\"gridref\">NH4040<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>mickle <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>see muckle<\/td><td>Mickle Corum <span class=\"gridref\">NN8502<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>midden <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>refuse heap<\/td><td>Windydoors Midden <span class=\"gridref\">NT4142<\/span>, Blackmiddens <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4226<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>mire <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">peat-bog<\/span><\/td><td>Blackmire <span class=\"gridref\">NJ1050<\/span>, Bloody Mires <span class=\"gridref\">NX5388<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>mirk <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>dark, obscure, black<\/td><td>Mirk Bank <span class=\"gridref\">NY2791<\/span>, Mirk Gill <span class=\"gridref\">NY1199<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>moor <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>heath, unenclosed upland usually covered in heather<\/td><td>Moor of Dallachy <span class=\"gridref\">NJ3663<\/span>, Muckla Moor <span class=\"gridref\">HU4367<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>moss <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>mossy ground, moorland<\/td><td>North Meiklemoss <span class=\"gridref\">NK0331<\/span>, Nutberry Moss <span class=\"gridref\">NY2668<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>mote <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>mound, hillock, embankment, motte<\/td><td>Straw Mote <span class=\"gridref\">NS7917<\/span>, Bardrochwood Mote <span class=\"gridref\">NX4565<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>mouth <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>entrance to an enclosed place, mouth of a burn or river<\/td><td>Pool Mouth <span class=\"gridref\">NK1446<\/span>, South Mouth <span class=\"gridref\">HU6871<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>muckle <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>great<\/td><td>Muckle<span class=\"cls_006\"> Burn HY3411, <\/span>Muckle Ayre <span class=\"gridref\">HU4655<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>muir <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>rough grazing<\/td><td>Barr Muir <span class=\"gridref\">NS5833<\/span>, Blackiemuir <span class=\"gridref\">NO6971<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>mull <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>headland, promontory<\/td><td>Blue Mull <span class=\"gridref\">HP5504<\/span>, Mull Glen <span class=\"gridref\">NX1331<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>nab <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see knap<\/td><td>Nabhill <span class=\"gridref\">NU0046<\/span>, Rock Nab <span class=\"gridref\">NU1720<\/span>, The Nab <span class=\"gridref\">HU2148<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>ness <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>headland<\/td><td>Kinghorn Ness <span class=\"gridref\">NT2786<\/span>, Lamb Ness <span class=\"gridref\">HY6821<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>nether <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">the lower-situated of two places, lower<\/span><\/td><td>Mid Netherton <span class=\"gridref\">NS5858<\/span>, Nether Achie <span class=\"gridref\">NX6277<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>neuk <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>corner, projecting point of land into the sea, a remote place<\/td><td>Park Neuk <span class=\"gridref\">NJ1855<\/span>, Roughneuk <span class=\"gridref\">NS2704<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>nick <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>narrow gap in a range of hills<\/td><td>Saddle Nick <span class=\"gridref\">NS8203<\/span>, Southerly Nick <span class=\"gridref\">NT4038<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>nook <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see neuk<\/td><td>Craignook <span class=\"gridref\">NY5178<\/span>, Parknook <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4722<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>noup <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>knob<\/td><td>Kame of Riven Noup <span class=\"gridref\">HU3631<\/span>, Little Noup Head <span class=\"gridref\">HY5539<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>nowt <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>black cattle<\/td><td>Nowt Bield <span class=\"gridref\">HY2301<\/span>, Nowt Rig <span class=\"gridref\">NT1711<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>paddock <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>small farm<\/td><td>Paddockfield <span class=\"gridref\">NH5015<\/span>, Paddocklaw <span class=\"gridref\">NJ6661<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>pan <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>in coastal areas referring to salt pans<\/td><td>Pan Rocks <span class=\"gridref\">NS3131<\/span>, Salt Pan Bay <span class=\"gridref\">NW9667<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>park <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>enclosure for hunting or agriculture<\/td><td>Fowberry Park <span class=\"gridref\">NU0227<\/span>, Parkhill <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4460<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>path <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">from peth: steep track leading through a ravine<\/span><\/td><td>Stoneypath <span class=\"gridref\">NT6171<\/span>, Moine Path <span class=\"gridref\">NC5155<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>peel <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">fortified tower (Borders), fence, stockade, palisade<\/span><\/td><td>Leitholm Peel <span class=\"gridref\">NT7843<\/span>, Peel Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NT4628<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>peerie <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">small (Northern Isles only)<\/span><\/td><td>Peerie Breast <span class=\"gridref\">HY4145<\/span>, Peerie Hill <span class=\"gridref\">HU5183<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>perk <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see park<\/td><td>Perkhill <span class=\"gridref\">NJ5705<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>pike <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>cairn of stones on the highest part of a hill<\/td><td>Pike Cairn <span class=\"gridref\">NT3424<\/span>, Pikestone Sike <span class=\"gridref\">NY6990<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>pin <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>point, peak, summit<\/td><td>Pin Stane <span class=\"gridref\">NS9410<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>plain <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>land free from trees, unwooded, piece of level ground<\/td><td>Blowplain <span class=\"gridref\">NX6677<\/span>, High Plains <span class=\"gridref\">NY4274<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>plea <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>quarrel<\/td><td>Plea Moss <span class=\"gridref\">NY2689<\/span>, Plea Knowe <span class=\"gridref\">NY2296<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>port <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>harbour, gate, gateway<\/td><td>Port Laing <span class=\"gridref\">NT1381<\/span>, Port of Rossdhu <span class=\"gridref\">NS3589<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>pow <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">marshy place, slow-running stream<\/span><\/td><td>Bogmill Pow <span class=\"gridref\">NO2726<\/span>, Carse Pow <span class=\"gridref\">NX9859<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>pund <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>enclosure for animals, especially stray animals<\/td><td>Green Pund <span class=\"gridref\">HP6207<\/span>, Lap Pund <span class=\"gridref\">HP6107<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>pyat <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>magpie<\/td><td>Pyat Cleuch <span class=\"gridref\">NY1591<\/span>, Pyat Side <span class=\"gridref\">NT3737<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>pyet <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see pyat<\/td><td>Pyet Craig <span class=\"gridref\">NX1386<\/span>, Pyet Knowe <span class=\"gridref\">NS2450<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>quaw <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>bog, marsh<\/td><td>Eildon Quaw <span class=\"gridref\">NT3512<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>rash <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>rush<\/td><td>White Rashes <span class=\"gridref\">ND3463<\/span>, Rashfield <span class=\"gridref\">NS1483<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>rashie <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>covered with rushes<\/td><td>Rashie Sike <span class=\"gridref\">NT2312<\/span>, Rashy Grain <span class=\"gridref\">NO7485<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>raw <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>ridge of ground, street, row<\/td><td>Blackraw <span class=\"gridref\">NT0865<\/span>, Cairnraws <span class=\"gridref\">NX6274<\/span>, Langraw <span class=\"gridref\">NT5811<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>reesk <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>wet, boggy land, morass<\/td><td>The Reesk <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4436<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>reisk <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see reesk<\/td><td>Reisk <span class=\"gridref\">NK0556<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>rig, rigg <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>ridge, long narrow hill, cultivated strip of land<\/td><td>Throw Rig <span class=\"gridref\">NS8811<\/span>, Tod Rig <span class=\"gridref\">NY4395<\/span>, Riggend<span class=\"gridref\">NS7670<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>risk <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see reesk<\/td><td>Risk <span class=\"gridref\">NS3759<\/span>, Riskend <span class=\"gridref\">NS7378<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>rispie <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>long coarse grass<\/td><td>Rispie Cleugh <span class=\"gridref\">NY5281<\/span>, Rispie Lairs <span class=\"gridref\">NT1412<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>rounall <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see roundel<\/td><td>Marchfield Rounall <span class=\"gridref\">NX9877<\/span>, Beech Rounall <span class=\"gridref\">NO0519<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>roundel <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>anything circular<\/td><td>The Roundel <span class=\"gridref\">NN1404<\/span>, West Roundel <span class=\"gridref\">NS9646<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>row <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see raw<\/td><td>Stone Row <span class=\"gridref\">NH9354<\/span>, White Row <span class=\"gridref\">NX3495<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>run <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">from rin: stream, land beside a stream<\/span><\/td><td>Chair Run <span class=\"gridref\">NC7615<\/span>, Well Run <span class=\"gridref\">NC8704<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>sauchie <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>place abounding in willows<\/td><td>Sauchie Banks <span class=\"gridref\">NY1396<\/span>, Sauchie Wood <span class=\"gridref\">NS5383<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scad, scald <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>see scawd<\/td><td>Scad Cairns <span class=\"gridref\">NO3160<\/span>, Scald Law <span class=\"gridref\">NT1961<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scalp <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see scaup<\/td><td>Scalp Rock <span class=\"gridref\">NG2963<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scar <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see scaur<\/td><td>Scar Brae <span class=\"gridref\">NY0984<\/span>, Scar Point <span class=\"gridref\">NY0065<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scarf <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>cormorant, shag<\/td><td>Scarf Craig <span class=\"gridref\">NJ2271<\/span>, Scarf Rocks <span class=\"gridref\">NC9666<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scart <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see scarf<\/td><td>Scart Isle <span class=\"cls_006\">NR6320, <\/span>Scart Rock <span class=\"gridref\">NS2144<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scaud <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>see scawd<\/td><td>Scaud Knowe <span class=\"gridref\">NT9514<\/span>, Scaud Law <span class=\"gridref\">NT6801<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scaup <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>bank for shellfish in the sea, infertile stony ground, small bare hill<\/td><td>Scaup Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NY6599<\/span>, Scaup Pikes <span class=\"gridref\">NY6598<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scaur <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>steep, eroded hill, cliff face, long ridges running from cliff at low tide<\/td><td>The Scaurs <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4738<\/span>, Scaur Wood <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7308<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scawd <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>having bare patches, bare of vegetation<\/td><td>Scawd Bank <span class=\"gridref\">NY4393<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><span class=\"cls_004\">scaw\u2019d<\/span> <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>see scawd<\/td><td><span class=\"cls_004\">Scaw\u2019d Fell<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NT1402<\/span>, <span class=\"cls_004\">Little Scaw\u2019d Law<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NS9104<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>score <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see scaur<\/td><td>Inner Score <span class=\"gridref\">HU5145<\/span>, Meikle Score <span class=\"gridref\">ND2175<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scree <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>mass of small loose stones on a steep hillside, narrow steep hollow<\/td><td>Scree Gully <span class=\"gridref\">NO2774<\/span>, Scree Road <span class=\"gridref\">NC4300<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scroggie  <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>covered with stunted bushes<\/td><td>Scroggiehill <span class=\"gridref\">NO1542<\/span>, Scroggie Hall <span class=\"gridref\">NX6779<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scrogs <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>rough land covered with stunted bushes<\/td><td>Scrogs Field <span class=\"gridref\">NT1841<\/span>, Crossford Scrogs <span class=\"gridref\">NX8388<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>scug <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>shelter, slope of a hill<\/td><td>Scug Wood <span class=\"gridref\">NJ3642<\/span>, Scuggate <span class=\"gridref\">NY4474<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>seggy <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>overgrown with sedges or reeds<\/td><td>Seggy Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NS5916<\/span>, Seggycrook <span class=\"gridref\">NJ5252<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>shade <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see shed<\/td><td><span class=\"cls_004\">Sick Man\u2019s Shade<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NO7262<\/span>, Bradeshade <span class=\"gridref\">NO7379, <\/span>Broadshade <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8107<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>shank <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>projecting point of a hill, slope of a hill<\/td><td>Shank Glen <span class=\"gridref\">NS2915<\/span>, Shank of Auchnafoe <span class=\"gridref\">NO5073<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>shaw <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>small wood, thicket<\/td><td>Shaw Wood <span class=\"gridref\">NS4961<\/span>, South Cowshaw <span class=\"gridref\">NY0284<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>shed <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>strip of land, distinct separate piece of land<\/td><td>Upper Broadsheds <span class=\"gridref\">NK0358<\/span>, Bandshed Moss <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7513<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>shiel <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">hut, shepherd\u2019s summer shelter<\/span><\/td><td>Shiels <span class=\"gridref\">NJ9319<\/span>, Mid Foulshiels <span class=\"gridref\">NS9864<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>shield, shields<\/td><td>see shiel<\/td><td>Shepherdshield <span class=\"gridref\">NY7674<\/span>, Shields Rig <span class=\"gridref\">NT0453<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>shin <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>shin, ridge or steep face of a hill, projecting part of a piece of high ground<\/td><td>Whiteshin <span class=\"gridref\">NK1038<\/span>, The Shin <span class=\"gridref\">ND0822<\/span>, Brown Shin <span class=\"gridref\">NS9107<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>short <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>low, short<\/td><td>Shortrighead <span class=\"gridref\">NS8371<\/span>, Short Hope <span class=\"gridref\">NT3801<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>shot <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>division of land<\/td><td>Heathershot <span class=\"gridref\">NS7697<\/span>, Cothall Shot <span class=\"gridref\">NJ0056<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>side <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">hillside; also English \u2018side\u2019<\/span><\/td><td>South Suttieside <span class=\"gridref\">NO4651<\/span>, Stony Side <span class=\"gridref\">NT6458<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>sike <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see syke<\/td><td>Bushy Sike <span class=\"gridref\">NS7408<\/span>, Tod Sike <span class=\"gridref\">NY2984<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>siller <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>silver, money<\/td><td>Siller Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NJ6462<\/span>, Siller Stane <span class=\"gridref\">NT5532<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>sink <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">low-lying area where water collects<\/span><\/td><td>Brierysink <span class=\"gridref\">NS3053<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>skelly <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>rock, skerry<\/td><td><span class=\"cls_004\">Bailiff\u2019s Skelly<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NK0663<\/span>, Black Skelly <span class=\"gridref\">NO4182<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>skew <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>twist, turn, state of ruin<\/td><td>Skew Skerry <span class=\"gridref\">HU3789<\/span>, Skew Bridge <span class=\"gridref\">NS6425<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>slack <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>hollow between hills, pass, pit, hole<\/td><td><span class=\"cls_004\">Thief\u2019s Slack<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NJ5421<\/span>, Wain Slack <span class=\"gridref\">NT6762<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>slag <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>morass<\/td><td>Slag Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NS9880<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>slap <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>pass, shallow valley between hills<\/td><td>Slap of Setter <span class=\"gridref\">HY3415<\/span>, Thunderslap Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NJ3033<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>sloch <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see slock<\/td><td>Berrysloch <span class=\"gridref\">NO5894<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>slock <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>hollow between hills<\/td><td>The Wolf Slock <span class=\"gridref\">NX4589<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>slot <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>pit, hole in the ground<\/td><td>Slot Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NS6832<\/span>, Buittle Slot <span class=\"gridref\">NX8161<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>smiddy <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>smithy<\/td><td>Smiddyhill <span class=\"gridref\">NJ9755<\/span>, Backsmiddy <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7745<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>snab <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>steep, short slope<\/td><td>Buckstone Snab <span class=\"gridref\">NT2469<\/span>, Coldwell Snab <span class=\"gridref\">NY4897<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>sneck <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>notch, dip in the ground, saddle between hills<\/td><td>Red Sneck Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NJ3123<\/span>, Sneck of Corinch <span class=\"gridref\">NO3564<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>snout <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>projecting point of land<\/td><td>Black Snout <span class=\"gridref\">NX9199<\/span>, Burnsnout <span class=\"gridref\">NH9456<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>souter <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>cobbler, shoemaker<\/td><td>Outer Souter Cleuch <span class=\"gridref\">NT8419<\/span>, Souterford <span class=\"gridref\">NJ7822<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>spout <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>waterfall, boggy spring<\/td><td>Spout of Balbowie <span class=\"gridref\">NS6487<\/span>, The Black Spout <span class=\"gridref\">NN9557<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>stab <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>see stob<\/td><td>Stab Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NX1472<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>stane <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>stone<\/td><td>The Lecker Stane <span class=\"gridref\">NO0803<\/span>, The Nine Stanes <span class=\"gridref\">NO7291<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>stank <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>ditch, pond, moat<\/td><td>The Stank <span class=\"gridref\">NT8128<\/span>, Black Stank <span class=\"gridref\">NJ2351<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>starry <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>covered in sedges<\/td><td>Starryheugh Farm <span class=\"gridref\">NX9575<\/span>, Starry Geo <span class=\"gridref\">HY5237<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>stead <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>farmhouse and buildings<\/td><td>Low Greystead <span class=\"gridref\">NY7785<\/span>, Lynestead <span class=\"gridref\">NY5478<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>steel <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">steep bank, hill-ridge<\/span><\/td><td>Steelend <span class=\"gridref\">NT0593<\/span>, Cockston Steel <span class=\"gridref\">NT6671<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>stell <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>deep pool in a river, enclosure for sheep, clump or plantation of trees, shelter<\/td><td>East Stell <span class=\"gridref\">NT2983<\/span>, Fir Stell <span class=\"gridref\">NT5046<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>steps <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>stepping stones<\/td><td>Foulsteps <span class=\"gridref\">NU0930<\/span>, Black Steps <span class=\"gridref\">NX3878<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>stey <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>steep, very steep<\/td><td>Stey Brae <span class=\"gridref\">NX6679<\/span>, Stey Fell <span class=\"gridref\">NX5560<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>stob <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>stake, post<\/td><td>Easter Stobwood <span class=\"gridref\">NS9553<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>stot <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>young bull, ox<\/td><td>Stot Hill <span class=\"gridref\">NJ5903<\/span>, Stotfaulds <span class=\"gridref\">NO4939<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>straik <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>long, narrow tract of land<\/td><td>Broadstraik Farm <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8106<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>strand <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>gutter, channel, drain for water, rivulet<\/td><td>Whitewell Strand <span class=\"gridref\">NT9116<\/span>, West Strand <span class=\"gridref\">NS5905<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>strath <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>broad flat river valley<\/td><td>Green Strath <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4320<\/span>, Helshetter Strath <span class=\"gridref\">NC9661<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>stripe <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>narrow tract or strip of land, rivulet<\/td><td>Auchmadies Stripe <span class=\"gridref\">NJ3247<\/span>, Black Stripe <span class=\"gridref\">NJ4754<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>swart <span class=\"wordtype\">adj<\/span><\/td><td>black, dark<\/td><td>Swart Howe <span class=\"gridref\">HY5003<\/span>, Swartmill <span class=\"gridref\">HY4846<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>swine <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>pig<\/td><td>Swine Burn <span class=\"gridref\">NU0811<\/span>, <span class=\"cls_004\">Swine\u2019s Cleugh<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NT3351<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>swire <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>hollow between hills, level place near the top of a hill<\/td><td>Swire Knowe <span class=\"gridref\">NT4700<\/span>, Windy Swire <span class=\"gridref\">NT4700<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>syke <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td><span class=\"cls_007\">marshy hollow, esp. one with a stream, small burn<\/span><\/td><td>Threepsikes <span class=\"gridref\">NT0294<\/span>, Ormscleugh Syke <span class=\"gridref\">NT4651<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>tack <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>farm, leaseholding<\/td><td>Tackhouse<span class=\"cls_006\"> NS6443,<\/span> Upper Tack <span class=\"gridref\">NJ8916<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>tae <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>toe, branch of a drain<\/td><td>Broad Tae <span class=\"gridref\">NT0712<\/span>, Hard Tae <span class=\"gridref\">NT7607<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>taf <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>homestead and its land<\/td><td>Evertaf <span class=\"gridref\">HY4551<\/span>, Tafs <span class=\"gridref\">HU6091<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>tail <span class=\"wordtype\">n<\/span><\/td><td>lower end of a field<\/td><td><span class=\"cls_004\">Laidler\u2019s Tail<\/span> <span class=\"gridref\">NU0737<\/span>, Wester Tail <span class=\"gridref\">HU5999<\/span><\/td><\/tr><tr><td>tammock <span 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