| 1. Raw wool |
| clòimh | wool. |
| rùsg ~ rùisg | fleece. |
| marbhrachan | fleece of a dead sheep. |
| ceideag | tuft of wool. |
| 2. Oil or grease put on wool before carding |
| smearadh | putting oil on wool. |
| 3. Carding |
| cardadh | carding. |
| cairt | [pl] cairtean – cards. |
| cìridh | combing. |
| rollag | roll of wool. |
| 4. Spinning |
| snìomh | spinning. |
| snàth caol | thin thread. |
| snàth meadhonach | medium thread. |
| snàth reamhar | thick thread. |
| snàth garbh | thick thread. |
| 5. Parts of the spinning wheel |
| cuidheall | spinning-wheel. |
| rèim | rim. |
| bonn | [sic] band or belt. |
| na h-eich | sticks supporting wheel. |
| maide siubhal | stick going up from treadle. |
| claidheamh | stick going up from treadle. |
| piùrna | bobbin (sometimes pirnea). |
| cìr | comb. |
| iuchair | to tighten cìr [q.v.]. |
| maighdeannan | spokes. |
| iteachan | bobbin. |
| casachan | treadle. |
| cuigeal | distaff. |
| 6. Yarn and associated apparatus |
| cearsla ~ ceirsle | ball of yarn. |
| bunnag | ball of yarn. |
| iarna | hank. |
| crois-iarna | winding-wheel.
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| liùrag | [Cf. tachrasan]
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| tachrasan | (sometimes tacharsan) [Cf. liùrag]
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| dealgan | spindle. |
| dealgan fersaid | [sic] to double thread. |
| (an t-) seic | bar with hooks to shift thread. |
| 7. Dyeing |
| dathadh | dyeing. |
| guirmean | blueing; blue dye (store dye). |
| cnotail | lichen. (onion skin used also) |
| mùin | urine. |
| 8. Washing after dyeing |
| 9. Warping |
| crann dealbh | warping frame. |
| 10. Beaming and tying |
| riaghailt | tying (onto frame). |
| brochan | starch for warp threads. |
| 11. Weaving |
| figheadaireachd | weaving. |
| dluth | warp. |
| uachdar | woof. |
| (an t-) aodach | cloth. |
| 12. Parts of the weaving loom |
| beart | loom, frame. |
| bocsa na dealbh | box for balls of yarn. |
| casachan | treadle. |
| imalan | heddle. |
| slinn | comb(s). |
| spàl | shuttle. |
| spalag | shuttle. |
| iteachan | bobbin. |
| drumannach | wood (us. cattail) which can be cored to make bobbin. |
| 13. Finishing |
| [washing cloth] | (Cloth washed in a brook and spread to dry, or taken to loft to dry.) |
| luadhadh | waulking. |
