Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1976 (SND Vol. X, list of Scottish place-names).
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QUITIE. A nickname for a native of St Combs in Aberdeenshire (Abd. 1949 R. Duthie Fishing Villages 29). A local variant of queet, Coot, q.v.