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smùrach

Notes: dross.

Location: Sutherland, Kinlochbervie, Blairmore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

smùrach

mòine ’na mìrean.

Origin: Borraraig [Skye, Boreraig]
Category: Mòine / Peat-Working

smùrach

Quotation: smùrach na moine.

Origin: Glenurquhart
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous

smùrach

Notes: ‘smirr, drizzle, small rain’. Tarbert Argyll and Islay usage. ‘Baile na Smùrach’ used as fisherman’s slang for Ardrossan (‘dross’).

Origin: [Kintyre, Tarbert]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous