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CEAPADH, -Ainu, s. m. and pres. jmrt. v.
Ceap. Intercepting, catching or stopping
a flying or falling body, whether animate
or inanimate ; the act of lasting, binding,
fettering.
CEAPAG, -AiG, -AN, s.f. dimin. of Ceap.
A catch, verse or verses composed im-
promptu.
CEAPAIL, i. m. See Ceapadh.
CEAPAIRE, -AN, s. m. Bread, covered
with butteijfand chees^
CEAPAN, -AiN, -AN, s. m. dimin. of Ceap.
A little stump, block or last.
CEAPANTA, adj. (Ceapan,) Stiff, nig-
gardly.
CEAP-SGAOIL-iDH, C1I-, v. a. (Ceap and
Sgaoil,) Propagate.
t Cear, s. m. Blood ; offspring ; progeny,
t Ceara, adj. (Cear,) Blood-coloured, red.
f Cearach, s. m. A wanderer, an indigent
person.
t Cearachadh, s. m. A Wandering, stray-
ing.
t Cearachar, s. m. A grave.
CEARB, ciRBE, dat. Cirb,/>/. Cearban, s.f.
A rag, a tatter, skirt ; a piece of cloth ; an
imperfect or ragged piece of dress,
f Cearb, s. m. A cutting, slaughtering ;
money, silver.
CEARBACH, adj. Ragged, awkward in
dress, imperfect, clumsy ; not neat, not
compact.
CEARBAICHE, s. /. iad. (Cearbach,)
Awkwardness, raggedness ; want of neat-
ness.
CEARBAIL, -E, adj. See Cearbacb.
CEARBAIRE, -an, i. m. (Cearb and
Fear,) An awkward, spiritless person.
CEARBAIREACHU, i s. m. (Cearbaire
CEARBALACHU, ) and Cearbail,)
Awkwardness, raggedness.
CEARBAN, -AIN, -an, s. m. A sail-fish,
basking shark.
CEARBAN-FEÒIR, s.m. A healing herb;
the plant creeping crow-foot.
f Cearbhal, adj. Defective, hurtful,
f Cearbhall, s. m. A massacre, a carnage,
CEARBUINN, -e, -ean, s. / A carabine,
Eng. Word.
t Cearbusair, s. m. A banker.
CEARC, «. /. gen. circe, jìI. Cearcan. A
hen.
CEARCACH.-AicHE, arf;. Of, or belong-
ing to a hen or hens.
CEARC AG, -AIG, -AN, 4./. fZiwm. of Cearc.
A little hen.
CEARCALL, -aill, -an, ,<t. m. A hoop, n
circle, a ring.
CEARCALLACIl, -aiche, a(/j. (Cearcall,)
Circular, resembling a hoop ; having hoops.
CE ARC-CIIOI LLE, circ-choille, circe-
coiLLE, pL CEAKCAS-COILLE. All improper
name for a partridge. See Cearc-thomain.
CEARC-FHRANGACH, -aich, ;;/. -an-
tra ngach. A turkey-hen.
CEARC-FHRAOICH, circ-fhraoich,
CIRCE-FRAOICH, ;)/. CEARCAN-FRAOICH, S.f.
(Cearc, and Fraoch,) A moor hen, the fe-
male of the red grouse,
f Cearchall, -AILL, 5. m. A pillow, a
bolster,
t Cearc-lann, -a, -AN, s./. A hcn-housc.
f Cearc-loch, s. in. A hen-roost.
t Cearc-sihanracii, s.f. A hen-coop.
CEARC-THOMAIN, circ-thomain,
CIRCE-TOMAIN, pi. CEARCAN-IOMAIN. A
partridge.
CÈARD, s. m. CEÀIRD, CÈIRDE, pi. Ceàir-
dinnean, Cèirdinnean.and Ceardan, A tin-
ker, a smith, a brazier : any tradesman
working at smith- work of any kind.
CEÀRDACH, -AICH, -AICHEAN, s. f.
(Ceard,) A smithy, forge, smith's shop.
CEÀRDACHD, s.f. ind. The business of
a tinker, forging,
f Ceardaiche, -an, s. m. A mechanic.
CEÀRDAIL, adj. Like a tinker ; of, or be-
longing to a tinker.
CEÀRDALACHD, s. /. ind. (Ceard,)
Handicraft, ingenuity.
CEARD-DUBHAN, s. vi. A dung-beetle.
t Cearicur, s. m. A grave,
t Cearl, -AiDir, CH-, V. a. See Ceirslich.
t Cearla, s. m. See Ceirsle.
t Cearlach, adj. See Ceirsleach.
CE ARM ANT A, adj. Tidy, spruce, trim.
CEARMANTAS, -ais, s. m. Tidiness,
spruceness, succinctness.
t Cearmnas, -ais, s. m. A lie.
CEÀRN, -a, -an, sf. A corner, quarter, re-
gion ; a kitchen.
t Cearnabhan, -AiN, -AN, S.f. A corner,
a hornet.
CEÀRNACH, -aiche, adj. (Cearn,) An-
gular, square, cornered : victorious.
t Cearnach, .s. m. A sacrificing priest.
See Carnach, and Cear.
CEÀRNAG, -AiG, -ACAN, s.f. dimin. of
Cearn. A narrow or small corner.
CEÀRNAG-B ALLA, -aig, -acan-balla,
$. f. (Cearn, and Balla,) A corner or ex-
terior angle of a wall.
CEÀRNAG-GHL01NE, -aig, pi. -an-
GLOLNE, s. /. (Cearn,) A pane of glass.
C EARN AN, -AIN, -AN, s, m. A quadran-
gle ; a square.