EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
plúr, m. (gs. -úir). 1. Flour. ~ geal, white flour. ~ cruithneachta, wheaten flour. Tá ~ sna prátaí, the potatoes are floury. S.a. arán. 2. Flower. (a) Bot: ~ na gréine, heliotrope. ~ an locháin, water lobelia. (b) Fig: ~ na mban, the flower of women. ~ na laoch, the choicest of warriors. 3. Ch: ~ ruibhe, flowers of sulphur. 4. Geol: ~ carraige, rock flour.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Tá an plúr ~, flour is down (in price).
~ plúir, flour bread; home-made bread.
2. ~ plúir, bán, white sauce.
Tá ~ plúir ar do mhuinchille, your sleeve is dusted with flour.
Plúr ~, min chairde, flour, meal, obtained on credit.
~ plúir, mine, a hundredweight of flour, of meal.
Earraí, plúr, a choinneáil, to stock goods, flour.
~ maith do mhála plúir, the greater part of a bag of flour.
Éadach, im, plúr, a dhéanamh, to make cloth, butter, flour.
Cad é atá i n~ an phlúir aige? What is he charging for flour?
Plúr ban ~ann, the flower of Irish womanhood.
D’~ an plúr scilling, flour went up by a shilling.
Plúr ~, self-raising flour.
Lig sé ~ ar phlúr liom, he asked me to bring him flour.
Plúr a fhliuchadh, to add liquid to flour (in baking).
~ an plúr, an mhin, an t-arán, without the flour, the meal, the bread.
Tá tú bán le plúr, you are white with flour.
~ plúir, bag of flour; flour-bag.
Chomh ~ le plúr, le snaois, as fine as flour, as snuff.
~ arbhair, plúir, corn-, flour-, mill.
An chéad ~ plúir, first-quality flour.
~ plúir, relief supply of flour.
~ plúir, adhmaid, stock of flour, of timber.
Taos, plúr, a shuaitheadh, to knead dough, flour.
Chomh ~ le púdar, le plúr, le snaois, as dry as powder, as flour, as snuff.