EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
cró1, m. (gs. ~, pl. ~ite). 1. Eye, socket. ~ snáthaide, eye of needle. ~ sluaiste, bíomail, sleá, coinnleora, socket of shovel, of brace, of spear, of candlestick. El: ~ bolgáin, bulb-holder. ~ bolta, bolt shoe. ~ comhla, valve holder. 2. Bore. ~ gunna, píopa, bore of gun, of pipe. ~ ribeach, capillary bore. 3. Phot: Aperture. ~ uimhriúil, numerical aperture. 4. Ring. ~ catha, troda, battle, fighting, ring. ~ sorcais, circus ring. Chuir siad ~ crann agus sciath air, they made a ring of spears and shields round him. 5. Mec: ~ pacála, packing box. 6. Enclosure; fold, pen. ~ caorach, sheep-fold. ~ Chríost, the Christian fold. ~ Choinn, (fig. name for Ireland) Conn’s fold. 7. (Small) outhouse. ~ cearc, hen-house. ~ muice, pig-sty. ~ madra, dog-kennel. ~ stile, still-house. Níl teach ná ~ aige, he has neither house nor hold. S.a. folach1 2 (d). 8. Mean dwelling, hovel. An ~ (tí) seo, this hole, shanty. Ba mhaith le duine a chró beag féin a bheith aige, one would like to have a little place of one’s own to live in. 9. (a) Hollow. ~ an chinn, na baithise, junction of parietal bones, fontanelle. Duine a bhualadh i g~ an chinn, to give s.o. a crack on the sconce.(b) Top: Hollow, hole.
cró2, m. (gs. ~). Blood, gore.
cró3 = gró.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Cró caolaigh, wattle hut.
Bhí siad (ina luí) i g~ chró, they were lying in their blood.
~ chró, particle of blood.
~ trí chró na snáthaide é, pass it through the eye of the needle.
Cró, poll, folaigh, dug-out, hiding-place.
~áil trí bhearna, choill, chró snáthaide, to go through a gap, a wood, the eye of a needle.
Madra a ~eadh as cró, to let a dog loose from a kennel.
Rachadh sé trí chró ~e, he is extremely thin.
~ chró snáthaide, through the eye of a needle.