ABAIRTÍ
IN ENGLISH—IRISH DICTIONARY
v.tr.To burrow a way underground, bealach a thochailt faoi thalamh.
To dig the foundations, bunsraith a thochailt.
To mine under the earth, tochailt faoi thalamh.
Min: To mine (for) coal, tochailt ar lorg guail.
Steam-navvy, inneall m tochailte.
To drive a sap, fothrinse a thochailt.
To scratch a hole, poll a thochailt.
To scratch up a bone, cnámh a thochailt as an talamh. v.i.
To sink a well, tobar a thochailt.
F: To (re)open an old sore, fuil a bhaint as seancholm, seanchartacha a thochailt.
To stub (up) roots, fréamhacha a bhaint, a thochailt.
Sunk garden, garraí tochailte.
To take up a street, sráid a thochailt.
To tunnel a hill, to tunnel through, into, a hill, tollán a thochailt trí chnoc.
To drive, sink, a well, tobar a thochailt.