PHRASES
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag iarraidh abhrais ar phocán, trying to get wool off a he-goat.
Olann a bhearradh, to clip wool.
~ (olla), (act of) fixing wool for dyeing.
~ olla, card for combing wool.
Olann a chíoradh, to comb wool.
Olann chotúin, cotton-wool.
Olann gan ~, natural wool.
~ fhéir, olla, thuí, wisp of grass, of wool, of thatch.
Olann a dhlaoithiú, to tuft wool.
~ gruaige, olla, lock of hair, of wool.
~ lín, olla, tuft of flax, of wool.
~ droinne, wool-tuft as mark on back of sheep.
Ní h~ a roistear an olann ach is ~ a spíontar í, it is not that the wool is ripped but that it is teased.
~ féasóige, olla, a growth of beard, of wool.
~ bó seisce, much cry and little wool.
~ olla, choirce, sparse, poor-quality, wool, oats.
~ olla, greyness of wool.
~e olla, coarse bits of wool, wool-waste.
Olann a ~adh, to pluck wool.
~ olla, lock of wool; wad (of wool).
3. ~ (gruaige), mop of (woolly) hair, wool.
~ olla, wool-market, wool-hall.
1. ~ chíortha, chardála, combing, carding, wool.
Is mó an torann ná an ~ (mar a dúirt an chaora leis an ngabhar a bhí á lomadh), much cry and little wool (as the sheep said of the goat being shorn).
3. ~ chruach, steel wool.
Mála a phlucadh le holann, to stuff a bag with wool.
~ mine, olla, féir, coarse meal, wool, grass.
~ lín, olla, shred of flax, of wool.
~ olla, little tuft of wool.
Ag ~adh olla, teasing wool.
~ cadáis, olla, síoda, cotton, wool, silk, thread.
Tá ~í orm, I am in a daze; I am wool-gathering.
Ag ~, roving, wandering, wool-gathering.
Olann, líon, a ~adh, to tease wool, flax.
Cluimhreach, olann, a tharraingt, to pluck feathers, wool.
~ ghuail, olla, coal-, wool-, trade.