Dictionary Entries

broimíl

farting

bloinic

fat, grease

beathaighthe

fat, plump

fál

is na fáltaí, in the fields; Bun na bhFál, n.l.; common in placenames, g. An Fál Fada, An Fál Garbh, Fál na gCréachtach. field

aghaidh chuimealt

file (for sharpening)

cró críoch

an cró críoch a chur air. finishing touch (on work)

alóg

chomh geal le alóg sneachta. flake

bascaéd

flasket basket, or round skib, used for 'teeming' potatoes

teann

le teann a' ghálaidh, with the force of the wind; le teann uilc, from sheer badness (Sb); le teann na foladh, from the pressure of the blood; fua' sí siar ar theann an uisc', she went back in the teems of rain, when the rain was at its heaviest (ML). force, pressure

bradán

frog in asses' hoof

bolagán béice

tá mo cheann i n-a bholagán béice agad, you have me moithered with the noise you are causing. In Westmeath the fuzzball is called a 'sheep's fart'. fuzzball

tais

ghost (of living person), wraith: chonnaic A. an fear beag agus bhí sé ag iarraidh breith air. Chonnaic sé aríst é beó

alamais

tá alamais mhór aige, níl aige ach alamais; alamais ag a' bpáiste beag, ní thigfeá é (AL); an alamais a bhí acú, i. Franncaigh (SBh). gibberish, caint nach dtigféá

leag air!

go ahead! proceed! (with work or fight)

éinín gé

gosling

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