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ferer. Co air bi is coireach is mise an cneadhalach,
whoever is to blame, I am the sufferer. — G. 1'.
Cneadii-siiliociid, Ò-. »1. A scar.
Cneamiiaiu, i. ?n. An artful fellow. JV. /i/. cneamhaireaii.
Cneas, cneis, s. m. {Ir. ciicas.) The form; the waist;
skin ; the breast ; the body ; the neck. Cneas mo ghraidh,
the form of my iove. — UU. Cobiiar o 'n cneasa geal, /ortw
from their white hreiists. — Dtath of Ciirri/. Is lionmhor
cneas san do chuir e lann, ?/ia/ii/ were the hreusts he stubbed.
— Fingalian Poem.
Cneasaicii, r. a. Cure, heal, remedy; shape; make
slender, as the waist. Pret.ti. chneasaich; /ii<. cneasaichidh.
Cneasda, a. Humane, temperate, moderate; modest, meek;
ominous. Gu cneasda, tempcratclii.
Cneasdacii, a. Humane, temperate, moderate; modest,
meek, mild.
Cneasdachd, s. f. Humanity, temperance, moderation;
modesty, meekness, mildness. Gun chneasdachd, intem-
perate. — Macint.
Cneasgheal, a. Fair-skinned; white - bosomed ; white-
bodied.
Cneasmhoireaciid, s. f. Shapeliness; handsomeness;
humaneness; mildness.
Cneasmiiou, <;. Shapely, handsome, well-formed ; humane;
modest, meek, mild. Com. and sup. cneasmhoire.
Cneas-.mui IR, s. m. The strait of a sea.
Cneath. See Cneadii.
Cneasn.icuadii, aidh, s. m. A squeezing; a tightening.
Is feairrd gach cneadh a cneasnachadh, every wound is the
better for being squeezed. — G. P.
Cneasnaich, v. a. Sqneeze tighter; straiten; press.
Prf/. chneasnaich, squeezed; fut. aff. cneasuaichidh, i/;o//
squeeze.
Cneidii, gen. sing, of cneadh ; which see.
Cneidh-shliochd, s.f. A scar.
Cneidh-shliochdach, a. Full of scars.
Cneim, D. a. and n. Nibble; erode ; bite ; become scabbed.
Pret. a. chneim, nibbled; fut. aff. a. cneimidh, shall nibble.
Cneim, i.y. A bite; a nibble ; erosion; a scab.
Cniocht, f. »;. (6'a.r. cniht.) A knight. — Ir.
Cniopair, «. ;«. A poor rogue. AT. ;)/. cniopairean.
CNioPAiREACun, s.y; Roguery.
Cìiò,s.m. A nut, a filbert. N. pi. cnot\\^t\, nuts. Lios nan
cnò, the nut-garden. — Stew. Song Sol. Cnò dharaig, cno
dharaich, an acorn ; cnò-chomhlaich, a double nut ; coille
chnò, a hazel-wood ; cnothan-spuinc, Molucca nuts.
Cub, a. Famous; excellent; gruff.
Cnoc, cnoic, «. m. A hillock, a little hill, a knoll, an emi-
nence, a hill. N. pi. cnuic. Dainih chabiach nan cnoc,
the branchy-horned deer of the hills. — Ull. Cnoc seallaidh,
a hill of observation, an observatory. Cnoc seallta, a hill of
observation. — Oss. Duthiina. The cnocs were the ancient
scenes of religious ceremonies, and, in process of time, of
festivity, among the Cìael. Hence cnocaireaehd signifies
merry-making.
Cnocach, «. {from cnoc.) Hilly, full of hills; rugged.
Com. and sup. cnocaiche, more or most hilli/.
Cnocan, ain, i. m. (dim. of cnoc.) Ir. id. A little hill, a
little knoll, a hillock, a mound, a little heap.
Cnocax.vch, a. Abounding in knolls or hillocks ; rugged.
Cnocaireachd, s. f. (from cnoc.) Sauntering; walking
abroad ; merry-making.
Cnòd, cnòid, s. m. A patch ; apiece on a shoe; a piece
joined to strengthen another ; a knot.
Lat. nod-us. Sax. cnotta. Eng. knot. Da. cnutte.
Swed. knut.
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Cnòdacii, a. (from cnòd.) Patched; scraping together-
gaining.
Cnoic, ifCH.i/no-. and 7!. p/. of cnoc. Hills. Cnoic is uisge
is Ailpeinich, hills, wafers, and Mac Alpins. An adao-e
meaning that the Mac Gregors, called also Mac Alpin" ,
from king Alpin, their ancestor, are as old as hills or
waters.
Cnòd, s. m. See Cnòd.
Cnoidii, cnoidhe, s. in. A severe pain; a tlirobbing pain;
the tooth-ache.
Cnoidiieacii, «. Painful; giving pain. Gu cnoidheath
lotach, causing pain and wounds. — Old Song.
Cnòtii, i. «;. A nut. A^ /)/. cnothan, ni/Cs. (Corn, cnauen.)
See Cno. Written also cnu.
CxoTiiAcn, a. (from cno.) Abounding in nuts. Coille
chnòthach, a wood abounding in nuts. — Macdon.
Cnothair, 4. TO. A nut-cracker. J^. />/. cnothairean.
Cnotiian, n. pi. of cnòth or cno. Nuts.
CNt>, 4-. m. (Ir. id.) A nut. N. pi. cnuthan, nuts.— Stew.
Gen. ref More frequently written cno ; which see.
Cnuaciid, Cnuaicho, i. /. The brow ; the forehead. A
sgoltadh chnuachd, splitting brows. — Old Song.
Cnuachdacii, a. Large-browed; little-browed. Maol-
chmachdach, having a bald forehead.
Cii u AisTE, p. part. Gnashed; chewed; scraped together;
collected ; gathered.
Cnuas, v. a. (Ir. id.) Gnash; chew voraciously; scrape
together; collect; gather carefully; assemble. Pret. a.
chnuas, collected ; Jut. aff. a. cnuasaidh, shall collect.
Cnuas, cnuais, s. m. A gnashing ; a chewing voraciously ;
a scraping; a collecting; a collection; an acquisition.
An cnuas is fearr, the best collection. — Macdon.
Cnuasacu, aich, s. f. A pondering, a ruminating; a
scraping together, a hoarding. See also Cnuasachd.
Cnuasaciiadii, aidh, s. m. A gathering; a scraping
together; a pondering, a ruminating.
CxusACtiADH, (a), pr. part, of cnuasaich. Gathering;
scraping together; ruminating; gnashing; chewing; pon-
dering ; reviewing ; reflecting.
Cnuasachd, s.f Pondering, ruminating; a recollection ;
a scraping together ; a hoarding ; a collection of any sort of
matter. Cnuasachd le 'n lùbadh slait, a collection beneath
which the bough bends. — Macdon. Cnuasachd na gràiuig,
the store of the hedgehog; useless labour. Dean cnuasachd
san t-samhradh ni 'n geamhradh chur seachad, make up a
store in summer that will make the winter to pass. — G. P.
Cnuasadh, aidh, s. m. A gnashing; a voracious chewing.
Cnuasaich, r. a. Ponder, ruminate, reflect; review;
gather; scrape together; collect. Pret. a. chnuasaich,'
pondered ; fut. aff. a. cnuasaichidh. Far an cnuasaich sibh
barrachd, where you will gather abundance. — Mac Co.
Cnuasaiciite, p. part, of cnuasaich. (Ir. cnuasaighte.)
Pondered, ruminated ; gathered or scraped too-ether ;
chewed.
Cnuasair, i. m. A gatherer; a scraper; a hoarder; one
who ponders or ruminates.
Cnuidu. See Cnuimh.
CxuiMH, s.f. .\ worm, a maggot; the tooth-ache; pain,
sufl'ering. Dh" ullaich e cnuimh, he prepared a worm.
Stew. Dan. N. pi. cnuimhean. Ghin e cnuimhean, it bred
worms. — Stew. E.tod. Bithidh chnuimh dheireannach
craiteach, the last pains will be sorrowful. — G. P.
Cnuimheach, a. (from cnuimh.) Wormy; vermicular;
abounding in worms; of, or relating to, a worm; painful.
Cnuimheac;, eig, s.f. (dim. of cnuimh.) A worm, a little
worm ; a maggot. N. pi. cnuimheagan.