LOCAL MISNOMERS AND NAMES xcv 
Lochan = a small loch ; a lakelet. 
Merse = land gained from the sea or a river. 
Moss • = a bog. 
Moss-hag = a cutting in the bog. 
Muir — a moor. 
Parr = the young of salmon. 
Peat-hag = a cutting in the peat. 
Peat-moss = a bog producing peat. 
Stake-net = a fixed net erected for the capture of 
salmon. 
Steading = the barns, stables, cattle-yards, etc., 
of a farm. 
Stook = a collection of sheaves set up in the 
field. 
Wae = woeful. 
Water = a river or stream ; thus Shinnel 
Water, Water of ^, etc. 
