TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
dronn, f. (gs. -oinne, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). Hump; camber. ~ a bheith ort, to be hunchbacked; to have one’s shoulders hunched. Bhí ~ air faoin ualach, os cionn na tine, he was bent under the burden, hunched over the fire. Chuir an cat ~ air féin, the cat arched its back. ~ droichid, hump of bridge. ~ cnoic, hogback. S.a. dual1 2.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ droinne, wool-tuft as mark on back of sheep.
~ na droinne a bhualadh ar dhuine, to give s.o. a trouncing.
Fuair sé ~ na droinne de, he got more than he bargained for.