TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
tochail, v.t. & i. (pres. -chlaíonn, vn. ~t). 1. Dig, excavate. Poll a thochailt, to dig a hole. Ag ~t cloch as an talamh, digging stones out of the ground. Archeol: Láthair a thochailt, to excavate a site. 2. Root, burrow. Ag ~t faoi bhalla, burrowing under a wall. Ag ~t póir, rooting up seed.