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EXACT MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
scall1, v.t. & i. 1. Scald. (a) Duine a ~adh le huisce te, le gal, to scald s.o. with hot water, with steam. Ná ~ do scornach leis, don’t scald your throat with it. Fig: An croí a ~adh ag duine, to grieve s.o. bitterly at heart. (b) Bainne a ~adh, to scald milk. Ubh a ~adh, to poach an egg. (c) Soitheach, cuinneog, a ~adh, to scald a vessel, a churn. 2. Scold. Ag ~adh a chéile (leis an teanga), scolding one another.
scall2 = scal1,2.
RELATED MATCHES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ar ~, scalding, boiling hot.
D’ól mé as an ~ é, I drank it piping hot.
~ croí, heart-scald, torment of heart.
~ orthu! Blast them!
Mo ~! Alas!
~ teanga, dressing down.
An rud ~ sin, that miserable thing.
Punt ~, one wretched pound.
Do dhícheall beag ~, your puny little best.
~ scallta, poached egg.
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