Dhuisk or Dusk, a rivulet of Colmonell parish, in the S of Carrick, Ayrshire. Formed by the Feoch and Pollgowan Burns, at a point 1¼ mile ESE of Barrhill village, it thence runs 6 miles north-westward, closely followed by the Girvan and Portpatrick railway, till near Pinwherry station it falls into the Stinchar.—Ord. Sur., shs. 8,7,1863.

(F.H. Groome, Ordnance Gazetteer of Scotland (1882-4); © 2004 Gazetteer for Scotland)