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[sgrìob]
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Sgriob leat e. Sweep it away with you.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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[sgrìob]
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Sgriob an t-saibh mhoir. A stroke of the big saw.
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cur na feamainn anns a sgriob
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Origin: Ross and Cromarty, Lewis
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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leth sgriob
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Furrow when ploughing in one direction – as for example – when ploughing downhill.
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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leth-sgriob
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Quotation: a’ treabhadh air leth-sgriob. Notes: ploughing only in the one direction, e.g. where there is a fairly steep slope.
Location: Skye, Kilmuir
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgriob
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foot-path or a winding foot-path on the face of a steep hill. (There are other meanings common to the word: sgriob le tàbh – ‘a drag or lift off [of?] a spoon-net’. [SLIP: Winding footpath on the face of a steep hill.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgriob
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scratch.
Location: Arran, Pirnmill
Category: Cur-seachadan: Dèideagan, Geamaichean is Farpaisean / Recreation: Toys, Games, Contests
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sgriob
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Location: Na Hearadh, Gòbhaig [Harris, Gobhaig]
Category: Faireachdain / Senses
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sgriob
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Furrow, drill or row made by the plough.
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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sgriob
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[sic] drag, as: Fhuair e sgriob mhath anns an tàbh (spoon-net). Also a winding on a hill, footpath on a hill. (Harris) (Already noted this instance of interpretation. Various meanings, var[iety?] of meanings to words.) [NOTES: slipped under ‘sgrìob’. Quotation: Fhuair e sgrìob mhath anns an tàbh. Definition: 1. A good haul (as above). 2. A winding footpath on a hill.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgriob
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Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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sgriob
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Furrow, drill or row made by the plough.
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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sgriob
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Furrow, drill or row made by the plough.
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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sgriob
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scrape.
Origin: ([Canada], Inverness Co., [Lochaber]) or ([Canada], Inverness Co.) or ([Canada], Inverness Co.)
Category: Cur-seachadan: Dèideagan, Geamaichean is Farpaisean / Recreation: Toys, Games, Contests
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sgriob
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furrow.
Origin: Ross and Cromarty, Lewis
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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sgriob a’ ghlanaidh
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when lifting potatoes every second furrow was ploughed since potatoes were not planted therein. This made it easier to lift the potatoes since only one furrow was left to be turned over by hand.
Location: North Uist, Iollathraigh [Illeray]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgriob drama
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an itch just above your upper lip. Indicates that you are about to receive a drink from someone.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgriob drama
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having an itchy upper lip meant that one would get an unexpected dram.
Location: South Uist, Bornish
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgriob-pòig
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in connection with romance. Thàinig sgrìob [sic] pòig orm. (I am afraid the expression isn’t used at all at all now in Harris.)
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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soc
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gob a tha dol fo an sgriob.
Location: Na Hearadh [Harris], Finsbay
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
