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board ; (3) 4330, 4827, board of
a coffin ; (4) 959, 998, a large
vessel made of deal, or out of
one piece of wood; for fish,
potatoes, &c., common to the
whole family ; see n. (5) a flat
surface; c. an eudainn, the
forehead.
diir, {., 1333, the clergy ; dat. of
cliar.
dl, dUh, f., 1315, 2162, 2795,
power, vigour.
di, dith, 1100, left-handed ; mis¬
taken, wrong.
diar, f. (collective), 5339, 6143,
6878, poets, bards ; Lat.-Gr.
derus, a lot.
diath, f., 1563 a waulking frame :
5029, a bank of oars; c.
fhuaraidh, the windward side ;
c. leis, the lee side ; chuir sinn
a mach cliathan righne, Is bu
ghrinn an t-alach iad—A.M.
163.
diath, 740, to harrow; from
diaih, a hurdle.
diath, f., 1563 a waulking frame ;
3265, side, like cliathaich ; . . .
diathta, 3874, older gen. of clia-
thadh, act of harrowing;
lothagan cliathta, little fillies
(or colts) for harrowing.
diath-chomhraig, a champion;
sar c. air cheann sluaigh thu—
Duan. 148.
dibisd, clibiste, m., 156, an awk¬
ward fellow.
cliii, m., fame ; 6873, d. clitiidh ;
a cur a chliiiidh (gen.) Miss
Brooke’s Reliques, 280 ; root of
duinn ; Gr. kUos, fame.
dogad, clogaid, dogaide, m.,
3368, 5422, 6562, a helmet; from
dog, a bell, head, and ad, a hat.
cldimhiteach, 1230, downy;
dbimh, wool, and ite, feather.
dosta, 5913, act of hearing,
listening to ; a variant of Ir.
dos, doistin.
duain, f., 1299, deceit, deceit¬
fulness.
duas, f., 6903, the ear or foremost
lower corner of a sail.
dudach, 421, clouted; Sc.-Eng.
clout.
duth, 4404, snug, comfortable ;
cf. M. Ir. duthar, shelter;
Gael, cluthaich, to warm, cover ;
Welsh dyd, warm, snug, cosy.
cndmhan, m., 1732, bitter talk ;
cnamh, gnaw.
cnap, m., 4587, a thump, thud.
cnapach, 2848, rattling.
cnapraich, f., 2858, 4433, act of
rattling.
cneadraich, f., 2849, a sighing,
moaning.
cniadach, m., 2997, act of caress¬
ing, fondling ; triuir nach gabh
an cniadachadh, cearc is caor is
cailleach.
cnuac, m., 2591,4092,4565, a head.
cnuasach, m., 4468, 5924, fruit,
produce.
cobhartach, m., 89, 1300, booty,
spoil.
cochull, m., 1825, a husk, integu¬
ment ; Lat. cucullus, a hood.
coibhreadh, 3039, act of sheltering,
covering.
cdigeamh, m., 4323, a fifth, a
province ; Ir. cuigeadh.
coigcrioch, f., a border or neigh¬
bouring country; cf. Lat.
confinis, confine,
coileag, f., 143, a knoll.
coille-chnuasaigh, f., 4468, fruitful
or flourishing wood.
coillidh, 3494, old dat. sg. of
coille, a wood.
coi-meata, 4554, a co-mate ; Eng.
coimhdheis, 4987, - indifferent;
coimh-dheas.
coimhlihg, f., 135, a race, com¬
petition, contest; con-, and
lingim, I leap.
coinnealta, 585, bright, brilliant ;
coinneal, a candle, torch; in