334 ANCIENT NAMES OP THE BAYS, ETC. 



1,042.— La baie du Pot.— B. See 1,041. 

 1,043.— Le ereux du Pot.— See 1,041. 

 1,044.— L'Avoeat.— P. 



1,045. — La Baleine. — B. So called from its shape. 



1,046.— La Balnie.— B. Balnie, a Kel. word, "the wicked one." Br., 

 falnie. 



1,047.— Les boues de la Balnie.— R. See 1,046. 



1,048. — Les Pignons. — Br., pigna, pignat, to ascend to a certain height; 

 &p.,peiia, a rock. Both words are evidently der. from the Kel., pen or 

 penn, head, summit. 



1,049.— Le rOUge Terrie.— Br., terr, rough; terri, broken, shattered. 



1,050.— La Moie de la Breniere.— Undoubtedly a Kel. term, but suscept- 

 ible of different meanings. Br., bren, brcnn, king, chief ; bren, mountain ; 

 bren, rush, a plant. " The giant or strong one." W., bren, supremacy: 

 brennig, limpets. 



1,051.— Les Vingt Clos. 



1,052.— La baie de la Breniere.— See 1,050. 



1,053. — La baie du Clouet. — B. Br., clouet, cloct, barrier; W., clot, to 

 close, shut; com. Fr., clore. Or possibly "passage," "ford." Br., 

 glonet, passage, ford. 



1,054.— The Bathing Place. 



1,055. — La Pierre du Cours.— R. As the name of this rock implies, it is a 

 useful guide to vessels passing inside l'Etacq de Serk (1,057). 



1,056.— La demie du grand Carre.— B. See 1,011. 



1,057.— L'Etaeq.—B. See 111. 



1,058.— La Quete d'Amont.— B. " Upper or front passage." Br., het, 

 heet, from kei, to go ; gue, passage. 



1,059.— Les blanches demies.— R. 

 1,060.— La boue aux Guernesiais.— R. 

 1,061.— La baie du plat rue.— B. 

 1,062.— Les boues du Clouet.— R. See 1,053. 



1,063.— La pierre de Beurre.— B, Perhaps de Bmrre is a corruption of 

 Br., debri, dibriff, lit. to eat; de, of; briw, fragments. "Rock of frag- 

 ments." Com. Fr., debris. However, beurrcm Br. signifies "pasturage." 



1,064.— La Bretagne Uset.— E. A Kel. expression. " The hanging, 

 variegated, or spotted rock," or "the high, broken rock." Both mean- 

 ings are admissible. Br., us, uz, high, elevated; W., uchel, high; Br., 

 breta, to break, crush ; W., briivo, to break, crumble ; Ir , brw, to crush ; 

 Br., breiz, bris ; W., brith, braith, pied, speckled; brithog, variegated, 

 dappled; britho, to variegate; com. Heb., barudh, besprinkled, spotted. 



1,065.— La boue Tobie.— E. Probably a Kel. word. W., fob, top, sum- 

 mit; tobyn, apex, summit. 



1,066.— Le Sereul.— E. "Remote, distant part," Br., cul, backward; 

 JceWhia, to surround ; serra, to close. 



1,067.— La demie du Sereul.— E. 



1,068.— La boue TirlipoiS.— E. Br., tewrl, to throw, cast; poes, weight ; 

 tir, ground; llpoes, to move. The word may mean " ground of muddy 

 water." 



1,069.— La moie du Port Gorey.— See 1,071. 

 1,070.— La moie a eharbon. 



1,071.— Le Port Gorey (ou Gouray).— B. Br., gor, heat : W., gwres, heat ; 

 gwrcsog, hot. " Bay exposed to the heat." As it has a southern aspect 

 the term is appropriate. Com. Heb., gur, to ferment, to boil; Ar., 

 hharr, hot. 



