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List of names as written Various modes of spelling Authorities for spelling Situation Description remarks
THE SHARPER The Sharper
The Sharper
The Sharper
Mr George Robertson.
Mr George Phillips.
Mr Sim.
039 A large half tide rock, situated a little south of the Portie Shore.
BRUNT HEUGH Brunt Heugh
Brunt Heugh
Brunt Heugh
Mr George Robertson.
Mr George Phillips.
Mr Sim.
039 This name is applied to a kind of Haven, which is full of rocks & boulders.
SKITE HOLE The Skite Hole
The Skite Hole
The Skite Hole
Mr George Robertson.
Mr George Phillips.
Mr Sim.
039 This name is applied to a split in a large piece of rock, which is attached to the cliff, in which, in stormy weather, the sea squirts up through this break with great force, hence the name.

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Aberdeenshire -- Parish of Slains

[Note beside 'Brunt Heugh'] -
Brunt. Keen: Eager. Burnt. Burned or burnt. Illegally touched; A term used in Curling, and various games.
Heugh. Hewch. Huwe. Hwe; Hew. A Crag; A ragged steep, A steep hill or bank. A glen with steep overhanging braes or sides. The shaft of a coal pit. A hollow in a quarry (Jamieson)

[Note beside 'Skite Hole'] -
Skite. The dung of a fowl. The act of squirting, or throwing saliva forcibly through the teeth. A squirt or syringe. A smart and sudden blow, so as to make what strikes rebound in a slanting direction from that which is struck. A trick; as, He's played me an ill skite.
Skyte. A nasty person. A meagre person; one who has the appearance of starvation. A strange looking ugly person.
Skite of rain. A flying shower. Skite. The act of slipping or sliding in walking. (Jamieson)

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