LUTHRIE, a village, in the parish of Creich, district of CupAR, county of Fife, 3 miles (N. W. by N.) from Cupar; containing 163 inhabitants. This village is pleasantly situated within a mile of Brunton. The inhabitants arc mostly employed in hand-loom weaving for the manufacturers of Cupar and Newburgh j the articles woven are Osnaburghs, brown and white sheetings, dowlas, &c., of which the quantity annually produced here, and at Brunton, averages about 177,'200 yards. An agent of one of the principal houses resides iu the village, and supplies the greater part of the materials. Forty persons are employed in weaving, of whom twelve are females; and about twenty females are engaged in winding. There are likewise in the village a brewery, a bakehouse, and mills for meal and barley; several persons are occupied in the various handicraft trades requisite for the supply of the district, and there is a small inn. The river Motray flows through the village; and on an eminence in the immediate vicinity is the parish church.