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" Gheibht' air bòrd mhic na maise,
" Cuach is cupanan làna,
" Le càirdeas is aiteas." Stew. 21.
It was not the silent feast that was had at the son
of beauty's boanl; full bowls and cups with friend-
ship and gladness. Nor erat convivium sine col-
loquio paratum super mensam filii pulchritudinis,
patera poculaque impleta, cum amicitia gaudioque.
2. A coil, fold, plait : orbis, plicatura, nexus. C.
S. 3. A curl, curl of hair: cin-us, cincinnus. C,
S. " Cuach-fhalt." Stew. 122. Curled hair:
capilli Cincinnati. 4. The work or hollow part of
a bird's nest : concavum avis nidi. C. S. 5. The
hoUow^ or bosom of a hill : cavum montis. " Cuach
nan sliabh." Tern. ii. 398. The hollow of the
hills. Cavum montium. Wei. Gwach, a cavity.
B.Bret. Cou'ch. Germ. Kauch, Kachel. Scot.
Quech, a drinking cup. Gr. KvaSog, Kuùm. Lat.
Cyathus. Hebr. yt^ chug, circulus.
Cuach, -ich, -an, s.f. A cuckoo : cuculus canorus
Linn. Llh.
* Cuach, -aidh, ch-, v. a. (Cuach, s.) Fold, plait '
plica, complica, circumcinge. Llh.
CuACHACH, -AiCHE, adj. (Cuach). 1. Abounding
in cups or bowls : cyathis abundans. C. S. 2.
Plaited, folded ; plicatus, complicatus.
" 'S maith thig breacan cuachach ort."
Stew. 493.
Well does the folded plaid become thee. Bene
convenit tibi sagum versicolor complicatum. 3.
Curled : cincinnatus. Stmo. 330.
CuACHAG, -AiG, -AN, s. f. dim. ct Cuach. 1. A
little cup: pocuUum. C. S. 2. A little curl:
cirrus exiguus. C -S". 3. A cuckoo : cuculus ca-
norus. Steip. 377. 4. A neat young girl : nitida
puella. A, M'D. 4. A spiral shell : concha in
spiram ducta. OR.
CuACHAGACH, -AICHE, adj. (Cuachag). Vide Cuach-
CuACHAN, -AiN, -AN, s. w. dim. of Cuach, s. Vide
Cuachag.
CuACHANACH, -AICHE, odj. Vide Cuachach.
CUACH-BIILEODHAIN, pi. -AN, -BLEODHAIN, S. f.
(Cuach, et Bleodhain), A milk-pail: mulctrale. C.S.
CuACH-ciiiABii, -AN, s. f. (Cuach, s. Ct Ciabh), A
curled lock : cincinnus. Voc. 90.
CuACH-FiiALT, -uiLT, s. Til. (Cuach, S. €t Fait),
Curled hair : crispatus crinis. Macint. 97.
CuACH-PHÀDRUiG, -E, S.f. (Cuacli, s. et Pàdruig),
A great plantain : plantago media. Linn. Voc. 61.
• Cuach-shrann, s.f. (Cuach, s. et Srann), A ve-
hement snorting, or snoring: rhonchus vehe-
mens. OR.
» Cuadh, -aidh, ch-, v. a. Tell or relate : die, re-
fer. 3ISS.
* Cuadliaire, -ean, s. m. (Cuadh), A news-monger :
rerum novarum studiosus, vel relator. MSS.
Cu'ag, -AIG, -AN, s.f. Vide Cubhag.
CuAG, -AIG, -AN, s. f. 1. An awkward or unshape-
ly curve or bending : curvamen inhabile, vel infor-
me. C. S. 2. An excrescence, or ulcerous sore
on the heel : tuber calcibus insurgens. C. S.
CuAGACH, -AICHE, adj. (Cuag). 1. Awkwardly bent,
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full of unshapely curves : inhabiliter curvatus, in-
formibus curvarainibus plenus. C. S. 2. Having
tumours on the heel : calces habens tuberosas.
W. H. 3. Crump-footed : loripes. Voc. 29.
* Cuagan, -ain, -an, s. The hind-head : occiput.
Llh.
CuAGAiRE, -EAN, s.m. (Cuag, Ct Fear). 1. An awk-
ward, slovenly man, a slouch : homo inhabilis, in-
urbanus. C. S. 2. A crump-footed man : loripes.
C.S.
CuAGAiREACHD,*./. inrf. (Cuagaire), Awkwardness:
inhabilitas. C.S.
CuAG-CHAs, -ois, -AN, S.f. (Cuag, Ct Cas). 1. A foot
with swollen heels : pes habens tuberosas calces.
C. S. 2. A crump-foot : loripes. C. S.
CuAicHEAN, -E, -EAN, s. m. (Cuach). 1. A curl :
cirrus. Macijity. 2. A seam : sutura. C. S.
CUAICHKANACH, \ -EICHE, odj. (Cuach). 1. Plait-
CuAiCHEiNEACH, j ed, tight, compact : plicatus,
sinuatus, compactus, concinnus. C.S. 2. Curl-
headed : cincinnatos capillos habens, Macf. V.
CuAicHNEACHADH, -AIDH, «. m. et pres. part. v.
Cuaichnich. Curling, plaiting, act of curling : pli-
candi, crispandi, coniplicandi actus. MSS.
Cuaichnich, -idh, ch-, v. a. (Cuach, 3.) Plait, friz-
zle, curl : crispa, complica, in formam cincinnorum
redige. MSS.
Cuaichnichte, pret. part. v. Cuaichnich. Plaited,
curled : cincinnatus, crispatus. C. S.
CuAiGEAN, -EiN, -AN, s. m. (Cuag), A splay-footcd-
fellow : homo valgus, pedibus distortis. MSS.
CuAiLEAN, -EIN, -AN, s. m. A lock, curl, wreathe,
a set of hair curls or locks : cirrus, cinnus, cirro-
rum ordo. Macf V. et S.L>. 51. " Cuailean am-
lach." Voc. 13. A curled lock : crinis cirrati por-
tiuncula.
Cuaileanach, -AICHE, adj. (Cuailean), In ringlets :
crispatus. C. S.
* Cuailin, -e, -ean, s. m. A bundle, small faggot :
fasciculus. Llh. Vide Cual.
CuAiLL, Ì -E, -EAN, s. m. 1. A club, baton, blud-
CuAiLLE, J geon : sudes, stipes. Macf. V. " Cuaille
bat'." Turn. 26. A ponderous staff, or cudgel :
igens sudes. Angl. Cowl-staff, Col-stafF. 2. A
fool : stultus. MSS. Gr. Kakm, lignum ; Krikov,
jaculum e.ligno. Lat. Ca\o ; et " Calones," qui
dominos in proelia ituros, fustibus aut clavis ligneis
comitabantur. Wacht. Germ. Keule.
CuAiN, -E, -TEAN, S.f (Cu, et Gin), A litter of
whelps : fcetura, catuli uno partu editi. C. S.
* Cuain, -e, s.f. A corner : angulus. Llh. App.
* Cuainte, adj. Vide Cuanta.
* Cuairealta, adj. Curious, exquisite : rarus, exqui-
situs. Llh.
CuAiRSG, -idh, CH-, V. a. Roll, wreathe, twist, wrap :
involve, intorque, circumtege. Llh. et C. S.
EicHE, -AICHE, (Cuairsg), Coil-
ed, rolled, or wound up : glo-
nieratus, in spiram contortus. MSS.
CuAiRSGEADH, -IDH, s. m. et pres. part. v. Cuairsg.
1. A volume : volumen. C. S. 2. Rolling, act of
rolling, or wrapping : actus involvendi, circumte-
gendi. C.S.