TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
gearróg, f. (gs. -óige, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Short bit, scrap. ~a bia, scraps of food. 2. Short drill or furrow. ~a i ngort, short drills in (corner of) field. 3. Short straw (used in drawing lots). 4. Short stocky girl. 5. Short answer. ~ a thabhairt do dhuine, to have a dig at s.o. 6. (In phrase) Na ~a dubha, the short dark days in dead of winter.