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suchta, 5118, filled, saturated.
skdh, m., 5825, a suture; the
seam (rivetting) of a boat’s
planks; cha’n ’eil sgar dhith
gun s. air—Cl. na C. 19 ; a’
ruith suas air na sudhan—ib.
16; Norse sudh, a suture,
clinching of a ship’s boards.
1. sugh, m., 6812, juice, sap ; Ir.
sugh ; Lat. sugo, suck; Eng.
2. sugh, m., 5989, a billow, de¬
scribed as “ the base of the
hollow of a curling wave; ”
chumas a ceann-caol gu sgibidh
Eis na siiighean—A.M. 173.
shghadh, m., 1029, pith.
siighan, m., 1783, sowans; tha
liquid from which sowans is
made ; siigh, sap.
suilbhir, 3047, gu. s., cheerily,
pleasantly ; so-labhar, pleasant
of speech, jolly.
snip, m., 464, a sweep ; Eng.
siilaire, m., 161, a gannet; Norse
stila, sulan, the gannet.
sulghorm, 1419, blue-eyed.
surd, m., 2609 good order; see
2606 n. ; 4585, order, condition:
gu s. millte, to a ruined state ;
3981 good cheer, good form;
bidh surd orra daonnan; old
dative sg. of sard, used as nom.;
so-ord, good order.
surdag, f., a skip, bound ; a re¬
duced form of M. Ir. surdgail,
act of leaping ; surdgail laegh
breaca, the leaping of dappled
fawns—A call, na Sen. 347 ;
also surdlach: meisi ag surd-
laigh, ag lemendoigh, I a-
leaping and a jumping—Buile
Suibne (Ir. Text Soc.), p. 126 ;
ag gearradh surdaig, leaping,
skipping.
susbaint, f., substance, pith,
essence ; in 5365, s. may mean
the ground wherein qualities
subsist or exist.
suthain, 1213, eternal, everlast¬
ing ; Ir. suthain; su and tan,
tabhachd, f„ 1088, 1905, efficiency,
substantiality.
tabhachdach, 2699, effective.
tabhann, 6829, barking, chasing,
the chase ; 3257, swift play (of
fingers on a musical instru¬
ment) ; cf. 5580 ; Ir. tafann.
tacaid, f., 4584, a tack, driven
bullet; Eng. tacket.
tdchair, m., 1777, weed.
tdcharan, m., 1808, a ghost, sprite,
pithless person; cha b’iad na.
tacharain chrlon—G. 55.
tadhail, 1521, t. air, call upon.
tadhal, m., visiting.
taic, f., support: is lionmhor an
taic—D.M. 310, 51. In idio¬
matic phrases : (1) an taic
a’ bhalla, leaning on the wall •
4639 an taic corach, leaning on,
or, under guise of justice ; 4657
an taic bhur mioruin, depending
on, as a result of, your malice
(2) 383, an taic an t-saile, by the
seaside ; but in Lewis and Uist,
an tac an teine, beside the fire,
at the fireside.
taiceil, 6617, solid, strong; Ir.
tacamhail, firm, solid, staunch.
taifeid, f., 4893, 5279, 5963, a bow¬
string ; ? taffeta, silk stuff.
taileasg, m., 3121, 4849,4906,5586.
6001, 6412, chess ; Ir. tdibhleis,
backgammon; Adv. Lib. MS.
Ml., 33a, tdiflisg (pi.) ; Eng-
tables, backgammon; Norse
tafl, game, chess.
tailmrich, f., 2960, bustle, noise ;
E. Ir. tairmrith, a running
across ; from tairm-, the com¬
positional form of tar, across,
and ruith.
tain, f., 5880, cattle, herd of
cattle ; thugadh uaith re h-aon