EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
scillig, v.t. & i. (pp. ~the). 1. Shell; hull, husk. Coirce, pis, a ~eadh, to shell oats, peas. S.a. ros1 1. 2. Flake, slice, cut up, shred. Tá bun na cruaiche ~the ag na francaigh, the rats have gnawed the bottom of the stack to shreds. 3. Prate, prattle. Bheith ag ~eadh (cainte), to talk incessantly. Ag ~eadh éithigh, spouting lies.
PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ scilligthe, hulled oats.
Lá sceite, scilligthe, an rois, ‘a day to make the lint blow’, a very warm day.
~ arbhair, pónairí, shelling of corn, stringing of beans.
~eann gráinne ón scilligeadh, ‘a grain escapes from the shelling,’ exceptional characters are to be found in all communities.