EXACT MATCHES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
spéice, m. (gs. ~, pl. -cí). 1. Pole, post, stick. (a) ~ adhmaid, wooden post; stick of timber. Chuir siad a cheann ar ~, they stuck his head on a pole. Ná seas ansin mar a bheadh ~ ann, don’t stand there like a post. Spéicí cos, spindle-shanks. (b) Fig:Rinneadh ~ de, he was knocked unconscious; he was struck dumb. Beidh sé ina ~ ar maidin, he will be stiff by morning. 2. Mus: Stave. ~ foinn, stave of a song. Croch suas ~ foinn, give us a bar of a song.