lap (pl. lapan) | Quotation: Bha lapan sa bhuntàta far nach do dh’fhàs iad idir. Notes: patches where potatoes had failed to grow. |
ploc-fàl | Notes: one piece of turf specially cut to cover a new grave. |
broth | Notes: rash on the skin, as with measles. |
cloimh | Notes: mange (in dogs). |
dìobair | Quotation: Tha i glé mhath mara dìobair i. Notes: Alleged to have been said by some woman to ‘MacCoinnich’ of Ioscaig when he had boasted of a bridge he had just made. Sense of ‘fail, give way’. |
faofag | Quotation: pl. faofagan. Notes: ‘Squid’. |
giobarnach | Notes: octopus (‘Lewis form’). |