PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Clár, sail, adhmaid, timber board, beam.
Bhí ~ an gháire air linn, he was beaming, smiling, at us.
~ céachta, beam of plough.
H-, I-, T-, bhíoma, H-, I-, T-, beam.
An ghaoth ar a ~, the wind on her beam.
~ a chur i sail, to camber a beam.
~ tí solais, beam of lighthouse.
~ coire, forked beams from which to hang cauldron.
~ fíodóra, weaver’s beam.
~ an tsnátha, an dlúith, warp beam.
~ an éadaigh, an raicín, cloth beam.
2. ~ croiche, cross-beam of gallows.
~ solais, ray, beam, streak, of light.
An áit a bhfuil ~ an bhíoma air, where the beam presses on it.
~ ceangail, snaidhmthe, tie-beam.
~ garman, beam (of loom).
An t~ i do shúil féin, the beam in one’s own eye.
Tá na bíomaí ag ~adh, the beams are warping.
~ a chur ar bhíoma, to stress a beam.
Tá an soitheach ina luí ar a ~, the vessel is on her beam-ends.
Sail a theilgean, to sound a beam.
~ báid, width, beam, of boat.
Tá ~ maith inti, she is broad in the beam.
Barra, binse, bíoma, ~, cross-bar, -bench, -beam.