| 1. Lìon-mór |
| dubhan mor | hook. |
| bac | [See dubhan mor.] |
| frith-bhac | [See dubhan mor.] |
| gob | [See dubhan mor.] |
| snòd | |
| baclag | snead looped round the hook so the hook cannot catch. |
| biathadh (noun) | the bait used. |
| a biathadh (verb) a linn | baiting the net. |
| 2. Lìon-beag |
| lion caol | more commonly used [term for lìon-beag.] (Names as lion mor.) |
| sgùlan | wicker or wooden container for small line. |
| cruaidh | the weight. |
| ceann | the buoy and rope. |
| luga | lugworm. |
| biathadh | bait or the act of baiting the net. |
| dubhan | hook. Same word used for a cat’s nail. |
| ag goramanachd | taking the fish off the hook. |
| an grunnd | the fishing ground. |
| oitir | |
| croman | a large hook or hooked piece of iron attached to a wooden handle to pull in a large fish which would be liable to get away by breaking the snead or the hook. |
| 3. Lìon-sgadan |
| [note] | [NOTES: the original heading in the questionnaire was ‘lìon-sgadanach’ but the informant crossed out ‘ach’.] |
| àcran | cork. |
| mogul | mesh. |
| An do mhoglaich e? | Has it enmeshed? |
| druim | top part. |
| iochdar | bottom part. |
| cluas | corner of the net. |
| cur | a cast or yield. Deagh chur, droch chur. |
| buta | buoy. |
| coltas | signs of herring like oily sea or gannets etc. |
| snàthad | needle for holding the twine for repairs. |
| cairteadh | the process of dipping nets or sails into a brown preserving solution. |
| stragaidh | a goodly scattering of herring in the nets. |
| ag cur | setting nets (used with all nets). |
| a’ tarruing | taking [nets] aboard (used with all nets). |
| runnach | mackerel. |
| runnach clappach | horse mackerel. |
| 4. Lìon sam bith eile |
| 5. Duirgh, slatan, driamlaichean |
| slat | the big rod. |
| slat mhor | the big rod. |
| slat mhudhair | the big rod. |
| slat r(h)ipidh | small rod. |
| biathadh | bait. |
| solladh | crushed crabs, limpets etc. to attract fish to the rock. |
| ribeadh | a bite. |
| pronnadh | crushing act for solladh [q.v]. |
| beirt | line. |
| plumaid | plummet. |
| snod and guts | snead and guts. |
| mudhar, pl. mùdhraichean | fly. |
| a dol gu mudhar | going out in a boat using rods and flies. |
| gad | a length of flies – three or more hooks; a number of fish on a string. |
| slugag | round hollow in the rock where solladh [q.v.] is made. |
| slaopadh | warm water poured over bait to make it more tender and opens shell. |
| sgèdhradh | fitting two pieces together to form a bigger rod. |
| dorgh | hand line. |
| brionglaid | entanglement. |
| tàbh (sometimes scummar) | a large type of landing net. Parts: bogha màis, cas, cearcall, slatan, lion. |
| crosgag | cross sticks or rectangle of wood for dorgh [q.v.]. |
| fuaitreag | rubber eel. |
| roinn an eisg | dividing the fish. One turns his back (falbh do’n chùil) while another points to each share saying each time “Whose is that?” (Co aige bi sud?). |
| iasg air mo laimh | I have a fish on my line. |
| comharran | land marks used for fishing grounds. |
| driomlach | an old dorgh [q.v.] past using or beginning to rot but word more commonly used for the giant boot laces. |
| goile-brianain | phosphorescent light in the sea or on fish. |
| 6. Acfhuinn sam bith eile |
