PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ a chur i rud, to insert a wedge in sth.
Rud a scoilteadh le ~, to split sth. with a wedge.
~ de féin, dá adhmad féin, a scoilteas an leamhán, [’it takes a wedge of its own timber to split an elm’, diamond cut diamond.
~ idir na cláir é, wedge it between the boards.
~ a chur le rud, to wedge sth.; to press hard on sth.
~ ardbhrú, ridge, wedge, of high pressure.
~ a chur i bhfuinneog, to wedge a window.