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OF THE GAELIC LANGUAGE.
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SUPPLEMENTARY WORDS NOT GIVEN IN THE BODY OF THE DICTIONARY.


I. From the Sutherland Dialect

(Per Rev. Adam Gunn).

bòrc, thatch, afterwards manure.

ceàldair, slow-moving fellow; from the "r"-like instrument used for making hanks of yarn.

cionlas, "confound you," = string for tying fingers of dead.

dàm, mud, gutter.

dusd, dead body.

failmisg, bold, stormy day; "teamhair fhailmisg," "stormy weather."

faoirisgeadh, sprinkling.

fir-iasg; muinntir an fhìr éisg, salmon fishers. See fìreun (Ed.).

garra-gartan, corncrake.

giorrasach, hare.

goireag, cole.

lampan, curdled milk. See lamban (Ed.).

leumachan, frog.

meanmainn, itch on point of nose prognosticating news.

meireachadh, starving with cold. See meilich (Ed.).

mìlis, white button; cf. Sc. smylies.

mùrd-mhàrd, mumbling.

rangan, putting off time unnecessarily.

smàgach, toad. See màgan (Ed.).

snéip, turnip. See nèip (Ed.).

stiùcan; "is fhiach e stiùcan dheth," twelve times better.

t'ig, why?

tighinn-toghainn, vacillating.


II. From the Perthshire Dialect

(Per Rev. C. M. Robertson).


aoghaist, fishing tackle (line and hook), ad-gaoisd?

bata: gu bata, to abundance. Cf. M'A. buta, surplus.

beò, air: "tha am beò fàs fuar," "the air is getting colder"; "beo-ghaoithe," "breath of wind."

bleithteach, kind of gruel.

brabhd, anything bulky (especially a person).

braodag, a tantrum, huff.

buidean(-reotaidh), icicle, bod?

bulbhag (chloiche), a boulder.

bùta, young bird. See put (Ed.).

ceabhgach = ciagach, q.v.

ciad, opinion, impression; cf. ceudfath.

clòimhneag, flake of snow; cloimh+boinne?

clionach, partition.

cnèadag, fir cone.

cramhuinn, a large (hearth) fire.