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drúchtín
in gearradh drúchtín a cut between the toes from grass (féar eidir na méaraí)
saighean
ba mhór a' saighean é a great sight, a great show entirely
cnapan
a heap
cáithleán
a kind of sea-grass: a' fás ar a' milliúir
bruicheallán
Mí na mbruicheallán a tugtaí ar July; bhíodh deireadh na bhfataí cait a kind of sea-weed: mar sleámógaí iad; bonn mór orthú, mar charraigín; ar nós fataí.
cluaisín
a kind of shell-fish: bia ionntú, mar eistirí
aithinne dearg
Ní i gcoinní aithinne a thainic tusa, said to a casual visitor who is inclined to stay too long, as a hint that it is time to be going. a live coal, as distinguished from sméarthóidí, cinders
slubar
a mess of anything
tonnc
a nudge, butt (from bull)
sionnachóir lae
a pet day, i.e. one fine day during a spell of wet weather
ceirthín
a plaster: plástar a chuirfeá le cois tinn.
fiar
fiar tugthaí dhó, it put on a slant; ar fiar, on a slant a slant
cailleach
a súgán rolled up
búst
a thick ill-mannered fellow, a surly boor
iarraidh
a turn in sickness