ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Ag dul chun ~ agus chun ainreachta, going to rack and ruin.
Tá sé á chéasadh ag pianta, he is racked with pains.
Dul in ~, to become unshapely, ugly; to go to rack and ruin.
aidhleann phlétaí, plate-rack.
Duine a shíneadh, a chéasadh, ar an ~, to stretch, torture, s.o. on the rack.
~ fodair, féir, fodder-, hay-, rack.
~ plátaí, buidéal, píopaí, plate-, bottle-, pipe-, rack.
~ bagáiste, luggage-rack.
cáise, tósta, cheese-, toast-, rack.
~ agus pinniún, rack and pinion.
Duine a ~, to rack s.o.; to give s.o. a hiding.
3. ~ ghaoithe, cloud-rack.
Dul, imeacht, chun ~e, to go to rack and ruin.
Ag ~adh fíona, racking wine.
~ croiche, transverse bar of pot-rack.
Tá an teach ag ~im chun raice, the house is going to rack and ruin.