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forseamálaí
an awkward woman about a house
truipéad
an edible seaweed
cabhsae
an old stony bare place
rálach
an ugly offensive name for a woman
draoi
d'ólfadh sé an draoi; cf. the Westmeath Engl. Idiom: he'd drink Loch Érin dry. an unlimited quantity (of drink)
bing
bing a bheith air an upward limit or ceiling to be set to the number of cattle to be taken in from each tenant for grazing on commons land
láimhíneach
angel-fish: claigeann mór millteach agus cluasa móra (air); 2ft long, edible, price a' sciata (skate)
bean-ghabhair
another name for the mionnán aerach or male snipe drumming in flight.
oirnis
apparatus for weaving, all the gear connected with the loom
paráiste
applied also to a dispensary district to which a doctor is appointed
toirt gan tairbhe
applied to a person getting in one's way; such a person is said to be an-amscaí
Aibreán
bog braonach agus Bealtaine béil-fhliuch /be:l´ux/, (sean-ocal) i. an ideal season for growth. April
bacóg
bacóg mhónadh ar leathláimh, brosna eidir a' dá láimh (TmB); thug sé leath na cruaiche leis g'ea(n)-bhacóg amháin. armful of turf
maidir le
maidir le cúrsaí truipéad dó, well, as for truipéad as regards
cúrsaí
ach cúrsaí airigead dó, bhí neart aige, but as for money, he had plenty of it. as regards