Arity, a rivulet of S Forfarshire. It rises in the N of Monigie parish; runs through a section of Guthrie; intersects Inverarity nearly through the centre; is joined there, on the left, by Corbie Burn; proceeds along the boundary between Kinnettles and Glammis; falls into the Dean river at a point 1¾ mile NNE of Glammis village; and has altogether a run, north-westward, of about 8 miles.

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