ANCIENT NAMES OF THE BAYS, ETC. 327 



808.— La demie des Platieres.— R. See 806. 

 809.— La tete des Platieres.— R. See 806. 

 810.— Le roeher du gros sablon.— R. 

 811.— Les Piquereaux.— R. Dim. of 812. 



812. — Le Piquerel. — B. N. Fr., piekray, piqueray, ground covered with 

 pebbles. See 417. 



813.— Le roeher de l'lslet.— R. L'Islet is in St. Sampson's parish. 

 814.— Les Amarreurs. — B. Du., meeren, to moor ; marren, to detain, 

 delay ; o. Teu., maarjcm, to stop. 



815.— La pierre a l'Aigle.— R. 



816.— La demie des Ettois.— R. "Rocks situated in the midst of or 



between others." Br., etoilez, etoiies, between; W., yttoedd, ydoedd; com. 



Fr., mitogen; Ger., zivischen. 



817.— Le Houmet de Graive.— R. See l, 818. 

 818.— Les Graives.— R. " Sandy." 



819.— Les Tangeriaux.— R. "Resting places," or "places exposed to 



the sun." 

 820. — La Loehante. — R. Br., loc'heta, to remove stones on the beach in 



order to find fish or shells ; lochia, to lift. 



821. — Mont Cuet.— Br., mont knit, lit., to go away. The term seems to 

 refer to a cliff that slopes down very gradually into the sea. Com. 1. Lat., 

 quietare. Quit = Fr. , en; Lat., inde. 



822. -Grand Camp.— B. 



823.— Les Silleuses.— R. Probably "the bright or shining rocks." 



825. — Greve Coeur. — B. Perhaps der. from Br., cilr. to dig; com. Heb., 



chara. 



826.— Les grandes boues.-R. 



827.— La grande roehe au Nord.-R. 



828 —La petite roehe au Nord.— R. 



829.- La boue de la roehe au Nord. 



830.— Les Jouquets.— R. Perhaps "the burdens." See 797. 



831.— Les bo^s au ehien.— R. 



832. — Les boues des Coursieres.— R. Spelt also in two words, Cour Sail-. 



833.— Le Peron.— R. See 186. 



834.— La boue sablonneuse, or ) R 



a sablon. / 



835.— Jaonneuse.— B. "The bay where the sea foams." See 17, 180, 

 1,143. Br., eonnek, foam; W., geian, foam. The Kel. root appears in 

 the word Idanjeon or kiangeon, a small sea bird that skims the water and 

 dives. Br., g'lann, Mann, furrow, shore ; W., glan, brink, shore ; com. Ir., 

 glauin, valley, slope. 



836.— L'Aneresse.— B. No doubt a Kel. term. Br., anMhier, that which 

 goes round, circular. 



837.— Les Connuettes.— R. W., con, peak, cone. 



838.— La boue du Banquet.— R. See 156. 



839.— La Querette.— R. Possibly dim. of 721, or signifying "the green 

 rock" ; Br., gwer, gwerh ; W., ywyrdd, green. 



840 —La boue du Court.— R. 



841.— Platte Creftieurs.— R A word that seems to give the idea of 



roughness. Com. W., crefft, trade ; crefftivr, handicraftsman. " A place 



where the sea works." 



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