EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
muileann, m. (gs. -linn, pl. -lte). Mill. 1. ~ uisce, watermill. ~ gaile, steam mill. ~ gaoithe, windmill; (of child’s toy) pinwheel. ~ ladair, scoop-wheel mill; Fig: noisy, garrulous, person. ~ arbhair, plúir, corn-, flour-, mill. Ag tarraingt uisce ar do mhuileann féin, drawing water to one’s own mill. Tá sé ag dul sa mhuileann orm, it is getting beyond my grasp, baffling me. Is fada ón ~ a leag tú an sac, you are wide of the mark. S.a. meil 1. 2. Grinding apparatus. ~ caife, piobair, coffee-, pepper-, mill. ~ brúite, rolláin, stamping-, rolling-, mill. ~ airgid, minting-press. 3. Manufactory. ~ cadáis, olla, síoda, sníomhacháin, cotton-, woollen-, silk-, spinning-, mill. ~ iarainn, ironworks. ~ páipéir, paper-mill. ~ púdair, powder-mill. ~ sábhadóireachta, sawmill. 4. ~ coise, tread-mill.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tuí, sraith, na háithe a chur ar an muileann, to rob Peter to pay Paul.
Cloch bhró; ~ mhuilinn, millstone.
Beidh sé ina bhró mhuilinn anuas ort, it will be a millstone round your neck.
4. ~ muilinn, mill-clapper;
~ bhró, mhuilinn, millstone.
Oibreacha, muileann, a dhúnadh, to close down works, a mill.
Muileann ~, derelict mill.
~eann muilte Dé go mall, God’s mill grinds slow (but sure).
Tá do mhuileann ag ~t i gcónaí, ‘your mill is forever grinding’, you never stop talking.
~ muilinn, shaft of millstone.
Éadach, snáth, muileann, olla, woollen cloth, yarn, mill.
Muileann ramhraithe, tucking mill.
5. ~ muilinn, mill-wheel.
~ cheárta, mhuilinn, turn to be served at the forge, at the mill.