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polastarachd
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prowling. Tha iad a polastarachd ann a shid aig a’ chladach. – as referred to a fishing boat. (Word still in use, Harris.)
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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pàstarachadh
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vbl nn : agus bidh e gam ~ sa bhaile ‘ chì sibh ann an seo
Location: Canada, Cape Breton, Broadcove
Category: Field Notebooks of Seosamh Watson June-August 1983
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sealladh astarach
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good visibility.
Origin: Tiriodh [Tiree]
Category: Faireachdain / Senses
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starach
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remnant. Bunan starach – reference to decayed teeth. [NOTES: the slip gives as a quotation ‘Bun an starach (or: bunan starach?)’. Definition: Remnant.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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starach
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Notes: cute, sly, cunning.
Location: Sutherland, Kinlochbervie, Oldshoremore
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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starach
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[st̪ɑɾɑx] Notes: cute, sly.
Origin: Assynt, Stoer
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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starachdach
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Quotation: duine starachdach. Notes: a perverse man; a man not easy to get on with.
Location: Skye, Kilmuir
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
