TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
leastar, m. (gs. & npl. -air, gpl. ~). 1. Vessel. (a) Container for liquids. ~ leamhnachta, milk-tub, milk-vessel. (b) Cask, firkin. ~ ime, firkin of butter. (c) (Wash-)tub. (d)(Of boat) Punt, tub. (e) Fig: ~ lán de rath an Spioraid Naoimh, a vessel full of the bounty of the Holy Spirit. 2. Squat, dumpy, person; person hard to move; late-comer.