PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~a briste, broken stone, (road-)metal.
~ ar phéint, ar mhiotal, blister on paint, on metal.
Miotal a chnaí, to corrode metal.
~ óir a chur faoi mhiotal, to wash a metal with gold.
~ i miotal, bad ore, substance, in metal.
Miotal ~, honeycombed metal.
Miotal gan ghaibhneacht, unwrought metal.
Ag ~, forging, working in, metal.
Miotal a ghaibhniú, to forge metal.
Loisc tú do ghual is ní dhearna tú do ghoradh, ‘you burned out your charcoal and failed to fire your metal’, you bungled matters.
Ag obair le miotal, working in metal.
~ páipéir, gloine, miotail, sheet of paper, of glass, of metal.
Miotal a ~adh, to file, smooth, metal.
~ ar mhiotal, assay of metal.
~ lómhar, uasal, noble metal.
~ neamhlómhar, base metal.
~ monaidh, coinage metal.
~ cré-alcaileach, alkali-earth metal.
Cábla miotail, metal cable.
Miotal a mhúchadh, to quench metal.
Miotal a mhúnlú, to mould metal.
~ gloine, miotail, glass-, metal-, worker.
Miotal a oibriú, to work metal.
~ teasa ar mhiotal, the action of heat on metal.
~ mhiotail, (metal) dross.
Miotal a sciomradh, to scour metal.
~ gloine, miotail, sheet of glass, of metal.
~ ar mhiotal, tarnish on metal.
~ cartúis, metal base of cartridge.
~ ar mhiotal, fatigue in metal.
Miotal ~, light-section metal.
Miotal a tháthú, to weld metal.
Miotal a theilgean, to cast metal.
~ miotail, cast of metal.
Miotal ~, heavy-gauge metal.