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CAM (comb) the crest of a mountain, as well as of a cock: as,
Catsty Cam - Rosthwaite Cam.
NEESE (nose) a ridge running from the summit of a mountain
steeply downwards: as, Gavel neese - Lingmel neese.
The bill of a bird is called its 'neb;' so NEB, NAB, KNAB, or
SNAB, like ness or neese, means a promontory or projecting piece
of land, either into a lake or from the end of a mountain. There
are Landing Nab and Rawlinson's Nab on Windermere, Nab Scar above
Rydal Water, Nab Crag in Wythburn, and in Patterdale; Bowness on
Windermere, Bowness, Broadness, and Scarness, on Bassenthwaite
lake; High Snab and Low Snab in the vale of Newlands.
HAUSE, the throat, a narrow passage over a height between two
mountains: as Esk-hause, Buttermere-hause.
THWAITE is a common termination to names of places, and is
understood by some to signify a piece of land inclosed and
cleared. We have Rosthwaite, Longthwaite, Stonethwaite, and
Seathwaite in Borrowdale; all of which endings are locally
pronounced long as Rost-whait. Applethwaite near
Windermere, and Applethwaite near Keswick, Brackenthwaite in
Cumberland; Satterthwaite and Seathwaite in Lancashire; are all
usually pronounced short as Apple-thet.
GRANGE, a farm or habitation near the water, as Grange in
Borrowdale, Grange in Bampton, Grange
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