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giorra anála
asthma; dock seed is boiled as a relief for it
cuais
at seashore, hole wherein crab is found
aifir
nár aifridh Dia ort é, God forgive you; ní aifreó mé ort é, I'll forgive you for it (TmB) avenge
sáilín ar éanachaí géadh
gearrfa muid a' sáilín gon ghé, we'll cut off the 'sáilín', for identification purposes back-toe on goslings
broc
chomh fallsa le broc, as lasy as a badger. badger
mí-stáid
tá mí-stáid mhór ann, ní bheith aon abhail aige do chuid a mhilleadh; there's much badness in him, he'd have no scruple, no compunction, about destroying your property (TmB). aon abhail he explained as aon tsuim. badness
brionglán
barb (on wire)
giúraí
ar adhmad fhásas na giúraí; an chéad chót' - caonach, an dara cót' - giúraí, an tríhú cót' - má sheasann a' t-adhmad barnacles (on timber)
gabháil
má mbeitheá a' goil go bhata ar a' ngaoith ní thóigfeá é, if you were to beat the wind with a stick (do your very utmost), you would not be able to lift it beating
tionnscain
cé thionnscain é, who started it (fight)? (TmB); is tú a thionnscail a' troid (EOCn); v.n. a' tionnscaint. begin, start
crios
belt (on sheaf of corn), but a soldier's belt is beilt.
builte ar
bhí an caisleán buailte air, the castle was beside him, quite near him. beside, close to
chugad
chugad a' luaith! said by a woman when putting out ashes; chugad a' púc', beware of the pooka! common in the phr. níor úirt siad chugad a' púc' liom (I met them on the road) and they said not a word, spoke not a word to me beware! look out!
snaidhm buaic
binding of face of corpse
bréan-lóib
black rotten bog matter under blown sand at sea-edge. The slip (céibh) should have been built on rocks, but instead it was built on the bréanlóib, consequently had no proper foundation and did not last.