An Comunn Gàidhealach Publications > Deo-gréine > Volume 3, October 1907-September 1908

AN DEO-GREINE.
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12 Luathadh^an aodaich, fulling the cloth.
10 An clo a chur sa’ v'choinneal, rolling the
web into a roll.”
Maoth-chloimh, soft down or wool.
“ Gibeach, long wool.
Stiorrach, short and curly wool.
Peallag, piollag, inferior wool.”^—N.R.
Ceus, coarse part of a fleece, the wool about
the legs, a course tuft of wool.
Ceuslach, the wool on a sheep’s legs, the
borders and coarser parts of a fleece.
Bunach, cutch, short coarse wool, matted
wool; refuse of wool, flax, etc.; coarse tow.
Catas, refuse of wool at carding; matted wool.
Ceig, n., a mass or tuft of matted wool, etc.
v. to become matted, knotted or entangled
(of wool, thread, etc.); ceigeach, matted as
wool, entangled as thread.
Pabadh, getting matted or entangled.
Croidhleag, a creel, small creel, basket.
Murluinn, a canoe-shaped bait-basket to hold
the uncombed wool for the comber ; the
creel held the ‘ rolagan.’—K.W.
Roineag, roinean, a hair or fibre of wool.
Ruba, idem ; a little quantity of wool.—N.R.
Loine, a flock, lock or tuft of wool.
Loineag, loinneag, idem.
Bad, badan, idem.
Carlag, idem.
Ceadan, idem ; for geadan.
Flocas, a lock of wool.—Arm.
Meurag, idem.
Slam, a lock of hair or wool.
Carlagach, like a tuft of wool, in tufts, tufted.
Loineach, loineagach, meuragach, idem.
Tlam, a handful of wool or flax in working, a
lock of wool or flax on the distaff. Cha ’n
e sud tlam a th’ air do chuigeil—that is not
what you have in hand.—N.R.
Tap, tuft of wool or flax on a distaff.
Toban, tuban, topan, toipean, idem.
Dual, idem.
Abhras, idem.
Carding, etc.
Armadh, oil, grease, etc., used in working
wool ; oiling or greasing wool.
Ola, oil; uilleadh, idem.
tlilleadh na h-olla, sweet oil, olive oil, lit.
‘oil of the wool.’
Igh, tallow, fat, grease.
Geir, idem.
Blonag, idem ; lard, fat of fowls, etc.
Creis, grease.
Adha-geir, fat of liver ; fish or train oil.
Eolan, oil, lamp oil.—H.S.D.; grease or oil
used in working wool, West Ross and Skye.
“ Eblan-mor, cod liver oil.
Spreadhan, a pot for melting cod liver.”—N.R.
Creis na cloimhe, natural oil of wool.
Fallus na cloimhe, idem.
Balg-abhrais, a wool-bag, work-bag ; a batch
of wool.
Tlam, to tease wool; “ mix wool.”—McA.
Tlamadh, teasing ; preliminary teasing.
Cothlam, mix different colours or qualities of
wool.
Cothlamadh, a mixture of wools.
Cughainnich, mix wools of different colours
in carding, Glenlyon; “ mix together, as
wool.”—Arm.
Cughainneach, a mixture of different colours
of wool, Glenlyon ; “ a mixing together, as
of wool.”—Arm.
Cir, to comb wool ; cireadh, combing.
Clad, to comb or card wool.
Ciom, comb, card or tease wool.
Card, card wool, etc.; cardadh, operation of
carding.
Clad, a wool comb ; “ a hackle made specially
for wool about 10 inches long, with long
iron teeth bent at the point.”—K.W.
Ciom, cioman, a comb or card for dressing
wool.
Card, a wool-card ; card beag, a small card.
Carla, a wool-card.
Cladaire, a wool-comber.
Cardair, a carder of wool.
Cardaireachd, the occupation of a carder.
Muilleir-cardaidh, a carding-miller.
Muileann-cardaidh, a carding-mill.
|Carlaire, fcarlachan a carder or comber.
Peurd, v. first card ; peurd, peurda, n. a flake of
wool when giving the first carding; a tuft
of prepared or carded wool; a roll of carded
wool. “ Peurdag, Islay.”—McA.
Buarpag, a receptacle for carded wool.—N.R.
Cleachd, a fillet of combed or carded wool
ready for spinning.
Rolag, a roll of carded wool ready for spinning.
Cuigealach, wool or flax prepared for the
distaff ; a task in spinning.
Guit, a corn basket of skin, used in some
districts to hold the rolls of wool.
AN COMUNN GAIDHEALACH.
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING.
A Special General Meeting of An Comunn
Gaidhealach was held in the Christian Insti¬
tute, Both well Street, Glasgow, on the 18th
January. In the unavoidable absence of Mrs.
Burnley Campbell, who was indisposed, the
chair was occupied by Mr. Malcolm Mac¬
Leod, vice-president. There was an attend¬
ance of about one hundred members. At the
outset, the chairman explained that the meet¬
ing was specially called on account of a
majority of the last Executive meeting having