TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
strainc, f. (gs. ~e, pl. ~eanna). Grimace; contortion of face. ~ a chur ort féin, to grimace, to pull a wry face. Bhí ~ air le pian, his face was contorted by pain. Chuir sé ~ air féin ag gáire, he screwed his face laughing.