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The Highland Monthly.
the Ordnance maps have it Old Patrick Burn. The stream flows
through Glenpatrick.
— ;
Glen = Gleann, Valley.—Gleniffer = Gleannan-iubhar = Yew
tree glen ? Glenfeoch (sometimes called Dusky Glen), near
Craigenfeoch ; Glentyan = Gleann an t-Sithein, Fairy Knoll Glen.
Glen has been treated as an English word in the following :
Glenfield, Glenhead, Cowglen, Calderglen, ho..
Cairn = Carn, Heap of stones, often made as memorials of
the dead. — Cairncurran = Carn-a'-Chaorainn, The rowan tree
cairn ; Carnwadrick (already referred to), Carnegie, Carnapoch =
Carn-cnapach, The knobby cairn ?
Car = Cathair = Caer (Welsh), an enclosed fortification.
Cardonald = Cathair-Dhomhnuill, Donald's fortress; Carlimpan,
Carruth, Carlibar. It is probable the second parts of these words
are proper names.
Knock = Cnoc, Knoll.—Knockminwood = Cnoc-min + wood,
The smooth knoll wood ; Knocknanshill = Cnoc-nan-sgithil, The
shelling knoll ; Knockmade = Cnoc-a'-mhadaidh, The dog knoll
Knockdalring, Knockenal, Artnocks (^ = house?). That Knock
has been used as an English word is evident from The Knock ;
and it is probably as an English word it appears in Giffnock,
Mathernock, (fee.
Gart = Enclosed piece of ground.—This word is not common
in Renfrewshire, although exceedingly plentiful eastwards from
Glasgow. Gartshanging = Gart-nan-seangan, Ant field ; Fingart
= Fionn-ghart, White field ; Garpel, Garthland (?)
Dar = Dair, Oak. — Dargavel = Dair-a'-ghobhail (anciently
ghabhail), The forked oak; Darndaff= Dair-an-daimh, Ox oak.
Darshanging = Dair-nan-seangan, Ant oak ; Darnems.
Loch.— Lochwinnoch -= St Winnoch's Loch ; Lochlibo, Loch-
thom, Lochgoin, The Brabloch. In this last, loch is used as an
English word, as in many other instances.
Craig = Creag, Rock.—Craiglunscheoch = Creag-luinnseach,
The tall overhanging rock ; Craigmarloch = Creag a' mheirleach,
Robber's rock ; Craigbait. Craig has been adopted as an Etiglish
word, as in the words Craighall, Craigneuk, Craigends (Craigend
House), Craigielee, Craighead, Langcraig, Thrushcraigs, tfcc. In
this last connection, it may be interestidg to note what has taken
place in reference to the name Heichcraig. The new generation,
being mostly incomers, are used to call it Heichcraig Rock. It is
coming to be known that craig and rock are synonimous, and the
name Heichcraig is being re-instated.