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leóbán
milt (in herring)
aimlí
cf. Máire Saoghal Corrach, 'iad a bheith aimlidhe i ndiaidh na troda' miserable, wet weather
mí-thuiscint
misunderstanding
ball dóráin
also applied to the parting of hair on each side of neck ar fhíor-chapall; this is somewhat like the deisealán on a pig's rump. mole on skin
luchóg
mouse
pleib
níl ann ach pleib much the same meaning as pléata
tálach
muscular pain in the wrist
Buile an Bhodaigh
name of a constellation: thoir dtuaidh a bhíons sé, Lá'l Muire beag a bhíon sé le feiceál (Sb); this description would seem to indicate the Pleiades. See Pádraig Ó Moghráin in Béaloideas, xiii, pp. 166, 184. MCd described it as 3 réalt agus 4 réalt, while TmB mentioned seacht réalt, and added faoi fhéil Páraic tá sí thiar, faoi Nollaic ó dheas, which would indicate rather Oríon, perh. See also Celtica, xii, 182.
staoin-leic
name of a sloping flag
clamhán
name of plant
cánóg
name of sea-bird, perh. shearwater
réalta Bhárr na screag
name of some star unidentified
bileóg
thuas ar a' mbileóig. name of top of a local hill, site of the annual bonfire . . . See D. where one meaning is 'table leaf': this would describe the hill top exactly.
dúchas
ritheann ann dúchas thruí chrúbaí an chait (sean-ocal), the cat's nature runs through its paws. nature, instinct
mór
is mór nár bháith sí a cho maith é, she nearly drowned him too nearly