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PHRASES IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ bán, purulent eruption from over-ripe grain or potato.
~ na bró, first handful of ground grain (discarded).
An té a bhfuil an t-arbhar aige ~adh sé bró, whoever has grain let him pick a quern.
Adhmad a bhfuil ~ ann, close-grained timber.
Snáithe ~ (in adhmad), close grain (in timber).
~ réidh, straight-grained bogwood.
In aghaidh an ~a, against the grain.
2. ~ (ar arbhar), beard, awn (on grain).
Adhmad ~, light-grained timber.
Rud, duine, a chuimilt in aghaidh, i gcoinne, an fhionnaidh, to rub sth., s.o., against the grain, the wrong way.
Súgán ~each, straw rope for securing grain-heap.
~ arbhair, refuse grain.
1. ~ gráin, coarse grain, husks.
~ (fir), coarse-grained man.
~ (mná), coarse-grained woman.
~ coirce, cruithneachta, a grain of oats, of wheat.
Is é an ~ mullaigh é, it is the pick of the grain, the best.
~ gainimh, salainn, a grain of sand, of salt.
~ adhmaid, grain of timber.
I gcoinne an ghráinne, against the grain.
~ óir, airgid, a grain of gold, of silver.
~ tae, siúcra, a grain of tea, of sugar.
~ eorna, cruithneachta, barley, wheat, grain.
Gort gráin, grain-field.
~ agus glasraí, grain crops and vegetables.
~ tae, little grain of tea.
Cuimil leis an snáithe é, rub it with the grain.
bhuailte, cháite, chruaite, flat rock used as floor for threshing, winnowing, drying, grain.
Ag ~adh gráinníní, picking grains.
~ agus síol, seeds of root-crops and grain-crops.
~ garbh, mín, large-, small-, grain powder.
~ gráin, grain-measure.
~eann gráinne ón scilligeadh, ‘a grain escapes from the shelling,’ exceptional characters are to be found in all communities.
~ an stoirm an coirce, the storm caused the oats to shed the grain.
Tá an ghaoth ag ~eadh an choirce, the wind is causing the oats to shed the grain.
Adhmad a bhfuil ~ réidh ann, timber with an even grain, timber which is easy to cut.
Gearr ar an ~ é, cut it along the grain, on the straight.
Níl ~ ar bith sna clocha sin, there is no regular grain in those stones (i.e. they won’t break in a regular pattern).
In aghaidh stoith, against the grain.
Ná lig salachar ~d an arbhar, don’t let dirt get into the grain.
~ arbhair, grain-drier.
Ag ~t arbhair, crushing grain.
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