| riasg | peat. |
| connadh | fuel. |
| mòine bhàn | brown peat. It is light coloured and light in weight. |
| mòine dhubh | black peat. |
| mòine dhearg | peat where you have iron mixture and you get red ashes. |
| mòine chailc | the peat glows but has no flame and it remains as chalk. |
| mòine chaoranach | broken peat. |
| smuir | the finest of broken peat. |
| poll-mònach | peat bank. |
| blàr mònach | peat stretch. |
| bàthasdair | dangerous bog. It is to be avoided for stock safety. It is dangerous because it is situated in a place where the water cannot be drained off it. |
| càradh-cheap | cut turf for grazing. When the turf has been taken off the bog it is placed grass side up for grazing. |
| spaid | spade for taking the turf off. |
| priogadh | pricking down with the spade part of the turfing. |
| rusgadh | the process of taking off the turf so as to enable one to reach the peat. |
| tairsgeir | peat-cutter.
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| a’ chas | the handle of the peat-cutter. [See tairsgeir.] |
| smeachan | the step, on the peat cutter, for the foot to exert pressure on the blade so as to cut the peat. [See tairsgeir.] |
| an iarunn | the iron blade. [See tairsgeir.] |
| aodann a’ phuill | the face of the bank. |
| broinn a’ phuill | the cut-away part of the bank. |
| uachdar a’ phuill | top of the bank. |
| carcair | width of cut. It was never more than an average person’s throw. This was a strong tradition as it was communal work.
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| barr-fhad | top layer of peat.
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| caoran | the bottom layer because it was blackest.
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| dàrna fad | the 2nd layer. The layers in between the top layer and the bottom layer were numbered from the top. |
| cor-fhad | the first peat.
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| gearradh na mònach | peat cutting.
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| cur-a-mach | throwing or spreading the peats on the bank for drying. |
| sadail | throwing of spreading the peats on the bank for drying. |
| sgaoilteach | the appearance of the thrown peats. |
| gàrradh | the wall of peat laid stagger fashioned [sic] with holes left to allow the air to circulate and thus dry the peats. The wall could be of 2 or 3 rows. |
| ath-bhlàr | when the original peat bank was finished and no more peat could be obtained from it, a second peat bank was started where the other one had started. |
| bara | wheel-barrow for carrying the peats. |
| grabhag | an under-sized peat bank. |
| rùdhan | after the peats had been allowed to lie on the bank for a considerable time they were made into piles of different sizes. The first pile is the ‘rùdhan’ and usually consists of 6 peats and 1 on top. |
| ath-rùdhan | the 2nd pile of peat. It is the resetting of the 1st pile but it is slightly bigger. |
| aiseag | carrying the peats from the bank to a spot near the road. |
| cruachadh | small stacks made out on the peat banks. |
| ceapadh | placing turf on these small stacks [i.e. cruachadh (q.v.)]. |
| tuthadh | placing turf on these small stacks [i.e. cruachadh (q.v.)]. |
| tarruing na monach | taking home the peats. |
| cliabh | creel. |
| bath-chliabh | small creel. The younger people used these as they were lighter. |
| dronnag | pack saddle. |
| iris | breast band. |
| breugan | openings on the creel for the breast bands. |
| staingean | spikes on top of creel for breast band. |
| tòrr-mònach | heap of peats. |
| cruach | stack. |
| cruach tighe | peat stack at home. |
| stéidheadh | building up the stack. |
| ’g a do chuir a mach as an fhad | driving the two working ahead of you. When cutting in company you kept your place. |
| sgioba | the peat cutting crew. |
