rangais | [rɑŋɡiʃ] Notes: the strap running the length of the boat on which the seats rest on each side. |
reang | Quotation: reangan stòbhaig [rɛ̃ɣəṉsṯɔ:viɡʹ]. Notes: ribs put between the “urlair”. Laid across the boat, steamed and stood on. |
it-fhiach | Notes: gullet. |
tòc | Quotation: a’ toirt an tòc bho bhó, bho chaora, na bho each. Notes: lump on the skin over the eye. Skin was lifted, needle put through this skin with double thread, held, and slivers were cut off the lump with a knife. |
treaghanach | [t̪ɾɤɣɑ̃ṉɔx] Notes: a cow which hasn’t calved for over three years. |
ceannachradh | [cɑ̃nɑxɾɑɣ] Notes: thwart brace. [NOTES: slipped under ‘ceannachnadh’.] |
fàladair | [fɑ:ɫəd̪ɛð] Notes: grass that comes up later on in the year in a place which has been grazed in early summer. |
feannadh-builg | [fjɑ̃n̪əɣbu̟liɡʹ] Quotation: a’ deanamh feannadh-builg. Notes: a method of skinning a rabbit or even a sheep (?). A hole was made in the skin. The person doing the skinning would then blow through the hole forcing the skin to rise from the carcase. |
fuar | Quotation: a’ toirt a mach an dòrn fhuar. Notes: feat of strength tried when a cow was killed. One of the legs was caught near the hoof and twisted till it broke from the knee, then twisting was continued till the skin broke. |
gamhnach | Notes: a cow which hasn’t calved for over a year. |