TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
gréasán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. Web. (a) Woven fabric. ~ (seoil), web (in loom). ~ éadaigh, web, roll (of cloth). Fig: ~ an tsaoil, the web of life. (b) Tissue, tracery. ~ bréag, web of lies. ~ (de théada)damháin alla, tracery of spider’s webs; mass of cobwebs. (c)Arch: ~ teascógach, fan-tracery. 2. (a) Complicated system, network. ~ bóithre, network of roads. (b) Tangle; tangled problem. ~ snátha, tangle of thread. ~ a dhéanamh de rud, to tangle sth. Tá sé ina ghréasán agat, you have got it all entangled. Tá ~ agat (leis na figiúirí sin), you have quite a problem (sorting out those figures). 3. Raster.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gréasán ~, web of fine cloth.
1. Éadach, gréasán, a fhí, to weave cloth, a web.