The place names of west Aberdeenshire Author:James MacDonald, Donald Mackinnon, Edward Troup Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: and Cuthillhall. The Cuthill and "lie Cuthill" also occur. Cf. Cuttle- hurst, Yorkshire; Cuttlestone, Stafford; Cuthill, Cornwall. Some of these are probably der... more »ived from the cuttling of corn, but certainly not the whole of them. " Mains of Deer, called Cuthell," Cuthillhall, Cuthiltown, and the Cuthill must, from the first, have been places of importance. Jamieson gives Cuchil or Cuthil, " a forest, grove, or place of residence." His illustrative extracts clearly indicate the sense of the term, but the derivation from W. coedawl, " belonging to a forest," is not quite satisfactory. See Scot. Dict., new ed. Daes (Oyne). Daies (Premnay). Daieshillock, obs. (Oyne). Poll Book. These names appear to be contractions of Davach or Daugh, with E. pl. s added. Cf. Dawe, Inverurie. Daies, Premnay, appears in 1678 as the "Half of the Dauchs," Ant. III., 400, and in 1633, Davakis, Retour 221. Dail a' Bhoididh (Braemar, 6). " Sow's haugh." Dail a' Mhoraire, obs. (Braemar, 6). " Earl's field." Dais (Kennethmont). See Daes. Dalachupar (Corgarff). Dail a' chubair, " cooper's field." Dalanduie Burn (Cabrach,. 6). Dail an t-suidhe (tuie), "field of the seat." Dalbagie (Glengairn). Dalbadgie, Val. Roll and C.S. 1696, Dellbadie, Poll Book; 1688, Dilbaydie, Aberg. pp. Dail bhaite, "drowned field," that is, wet, swampy, which part of it still is. Dalbreadie (Monymusk). Dalbraidie, Val. Roll and C.S. Dail braide, " field of the upper part or height." Dail braide, " field of theft," is possible, but does not quite suit the accent. Dalcheipe, obs. (Glentanner). " Neir Glentaner Kirke (says Balfour, 1630-57), where was a ford of the Dee." Dail chip, " field of the stump or stake." Cf. Coblestock. Cobleheugh was also near the Kirk of Glentanner, ford or ferry being available,...« less