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.
