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[əst̪ɔ̃ṉxle:]
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Notes: warm tub or condenser in distillery. Also called [əst̪ɛ̃ṉdʹȝxle:] (A. MacEachern, Ballygrant).
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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a’ maigheastear
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[sic] the urine in the tub. Tuba mhaighistir - tub for holding urine for dyeing tweed. It was used instead of ammonia.
Origin: Lewis, Uig
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ballan
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Notes: a tub.
Location: Skye, Elgol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ballan
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a tub (wooden).
Location: Glasgow
Category: Nàdur an Duine / Personality
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ballan
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a tub.
Origin: Barra
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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ballan
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[bɑɫɑ̃ṉ] Notes: water tub, vat, often made out of a barrel cut in half.
Origin: North Uist
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ballan uisge
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a water tub.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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buiseal
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this was a wooden tub which could hold the contents of one of these bags [i.e. poca bolla (q.v.)]. [NOTES: note added – from ‘bushel’.]
Location: South Uist, Milton
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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caillebianan
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[kɑlʹəbĩɤ̃ṉɑṉ] Note: phosphorescence as seen on fish hanging in the house or salted in a tub.
Origin: [Lewis], Arnol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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ciuta
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[cu̟t̪ə] Notes: washing-tub.
Origin: Gigha
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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coithean (m)
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a wooden tub, or similar container. Also gothan (m), goithin (m).
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cudan (m)
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a wooden tub, or pail (N.E.). It is possible that the name Clach na Cùdainn was originally Clach na gcudan or Clach nan cudan, with lengthening of “u” by Anglicisation, vide Bàrra for Barra.
Origin: [Strathglass]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cuinneag
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Notes: a small wooden tub with wooden handles.
Location: Skye, Kilmuir
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cuinneag
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Notes: a small wooden tub-like vessel.
Origin: Elgol
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cuireasan
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tub.
Location: Inverness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cursain
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a tub.
Location: Skye
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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cùdainn
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Notes: a tub.
Location: Ross-shire, Aultbea
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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dobhaich
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tub. (Pron. ‘duich’).
Location: Inverness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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dramag
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Notes: a little tub of a boat; a broad-beamed dinghy.
Location: Tiree, [Caolas? – one slip]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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farmail
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[fɑɾəmɑl] Notes: a wooden tub with handles in which water was kept for household use.
Origin: Tiree
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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farmailt
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[fɑɾɑmɑlʹtʹ] Notes: tub for holding water. (H. Meek spells it faramail or farmail.)
Location: Tiree
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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measair
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[fem.] a small wooden tub used for animal feeding.
Origin: Eileanaich [natives of Lewis]
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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miodar
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Quotation: miodar-bleoghain. Notes: small wooden tub with handle used for milking.
Location: Ross-shire, Achiltibuie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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mùdag
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[mũ̟:d̪ɑɡ] Note: basket for holding wool ready for carding. Says it was tub-shaped.
Origin: Carloway, Doune
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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mùn-goirt
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urine collected in a tub, left aside for a period of time ‘to sour’ in the preparation of the tweed waulking process.
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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piob-uisge is tuba airson a chruidh
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water tap and tub for the cattle.
Origin: Bràigh-Lochabar [Brae Lochaber]
Category: Àiteach / Agriculture
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sealbhag
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Notes: when dyeing with “guirmean” it was put in with the urine and left with the wool in a tub for a few days. Then the “sealbhag” was gathered, boiled and the resulting liquid put into the tub. This made a fast dye. (Left for a day or two.)
Location: Harris
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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sgiathag
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a wooden lid for a water tub.
Location: South Uist, Garrynamonie
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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smeuradh
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Quotation: tuba smeuraidh. Notes: tub used when smearing sheep with a mixture of tar and butter.
Location: Skye, Kilmuir
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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spaideadh
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process whereby the ears of corn were taken off by a spade which was regularly plunged into a tub containing the corn.
Location: South Uist, Iochdar
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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spaideadh
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barley placed in a tub and beaten with a spade until the caulk came off.
Location: South Uist, West Kilbride
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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stràcadh
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[st̪ɾɑ:kəɣ] Quot.: “Cia mheud stràcadh a bh’agad?” Note: a vessel like a small tub used as a measure for grain. Held about three zinc pailfuls. (Thinks the miller got one in ten.)
Origin: Ness
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tuba
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Quotation: tuba smeuraidh. Notes: tub used when smearing sheep with mixture of tar and butter.
Location: Skye, Kilmuir
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tuba
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a tub.
Origin: Barra
Category: Taigh Gàidhealach / House and Furnishings
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tuba mór
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bigger tub used for washing clothes.
Location: South Uist, South Boisdale
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tuba-cairteach
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barking boiler and tub.
Location: [Harris], Scalpay
Category: Iasgach an Sgadain / Herring-Fishing
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tuba-cloithe
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tub for soaking wool. [NOTES: the slip has ‘tuba-clòimhe’.]
Location: Na Hearadh, Scalpaigh [Harris, Scalpay]
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tuba-mùin
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a tub where urine was stored or collected for the tweed waulking process.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tuba-saillidh
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tub for salting fish.
Location: Harris, Scalpay
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tuban
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Notes: small tub.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
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tuban
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Notes: tub into which fish were put and covered with brine. Left for a week before putting on the rocks to dry.
Origin: Islay, Port Charlotte
Category: Measgaichte / Miscellaneous
