TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
aol1, m. (gs. aoil, pl. ~ta). Lime. ~ beo, quicklime. ~ teilgthe, sceite, slaked lime. Tine aoil = tiníl. S.a. áith1 1.
aol2, v.t. & i. (vn. ~adh m, gs. ~ta). 1. Lime, whitewash. 2. Whiten, grow white. (Var: ~aigh)
aol-3, pref. 1. Lime. 2. Lit: (Lime-)white.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
1. ~ aoil, choirce, lime-, corn-, kiln.
~ is aol is néalfartach, bark and lime and tormentil.
Dá mbeadh ~ den aol air, if it were sprinkled with lime.
Chomh ~ leis an aol, leis an eala, le cúr sceite, le sneachta na haon oíche, as white as lime, as a swan, as falling foam, as overnight snow.
~ aoil, suiminte, lime, cement, mortar.
~ aoil, gairbhéil, spreader of lime, of gravel.
~eanna chloch aoil, layers of limestone.
Aol a theilgean, to slake lime.