Ossian Collection > Defence of the Scots Highlanders, in general; and some learned characters, in particular

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* HARRIS,
' From Haar, high ; or Heroe, an ifle ii^
' the (Baltic) coaft of Norway.' But Heu-
ruibh^ a hill, gave the epithet to Harris ;
and that country in Gaelic is always termed
Heuruibh, by all the people in Scotland who
underftand that tongue.
* LIEWIS,
' From the Lees, or Icwefi part.' But
this had its name from Sorrachadh^ Sarah, a
woman's name, and is ftill a common clirif-
tian one there, perhaps as old as Abraham's
time, whofe wife bore that name ; that was
originally the appellation given to the Long
Ifle in Scotland. It is known now by the
word Leofe.
* SKIA,
* Corruptedly called Skye, from Skua, one
• of the Ferroe ifles.' But that ifle in the
weft of Scotland derived the name from
SKIA a fhield, ski an a dirk or a fword,
and NEACH a people, i.e. Skian-neach;
thefe arms making up part of the drefs of the
inhabitants of this ifle in hoftile times,
when arms and war were the daily employ-
ments of thefe warlike people, and fo might
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