Dictionary Entries
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.
sinneán gaoithe
níl ann ach a' sinneán sin, his bark is worse than his bite blast of wind
blocán a'bhuaidh
block of cork on a buoy
báchrán
bog bane
roilleóg
bog myrtle
crosta
bó chrost', a "wicked" cow. bold, ill-mannered (of children)
caindéal
bottom of barrel (stanna)
docsa
bhuail sé le docsa mé, he struck me a box on the ear box
drís
talamh an dris, smior a' talaimh. An Sean-dall Glic always knew good land from the bramles or briars that were growing on it (MMt). (the best of land). bramble
bríce
chomh díreach leis a' mbríce brick
cruach Pháraic
broad-leaved plantain
boc
'séard a bhí ann boc (AC); boc achrannach ar a mhisc, a contrary buck when drunk (HE). buck, lad (not complimentary)
cnádán
burdock;