Dictionary Entries

gráig

gráig an asail, (é) a' béiciúch a bray

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

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

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

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