| meallach Moire | shellfish shaped like a cockle (strùban) but noticeably larger in size. Finely shaped. |
| talach | looking down on something you have received. “Tha i talach air an aodach a fhuair i.” |
| chlos thu | you quietened down, shut up. |
| durabhaidh | i.e. used for an unpleasant, dour character. “Duine durabhaidh.” |
| plodan (-ain) | divot(s) of turf. |
| plàparsaich | in this instance used to describe weather conditions – “Tha plàparsaich de thiorramachd orra.” – meaning a little dryness. |
| scuidsaireachd | messing about almost, similar to ‘luidreadh’. Heard this being used in the context of women making tea at a whist drive – “Bha mi a’ scuidsaireachd aig tì.” [NOTES: there is (g) added above ‘c’ in ‘scuidsaireachd’. Not clear if this refers to a variant spelling or pronunciation.] |
| traoitair | used of a greedy person. Attached to the meaning of this word is an element of thieving. |
| liuch | after taking cream off the milk, this word would be heard – “Cha robh liuch air fhàgail.” i.e. not a speck of cream was left on the milk. |
| bainne caol | another name for ‘bainne togalach’. |
| mìlleag (-an) | refers to a stage in butter making when the cream had been whipped to the extent that it became small fragments – ‘mìlleagan’. |
| camhraich | after winnowing some of the grain was kept to be soaked in water for about two or three days. Thereafter it was sifted and boiled and left to form a jelly like substance. Eaten as a jelly, slightly bitter in taste. |
| caraigainn | Irish moss. Some boil the weed and take it as a drink. Not very pleasant apparently. |
| a’ sguallaich | blethering, gossiping. |
| fàrn | a watchword. |
| strìgean | a loud explosion. |
| uiliochd | mistletoe. |
| iodas | integrity. |
| miodas | dishonesty. |
| crulastan | unlimited kindness, hospitality. “Cha robh cumhnadh air crulastan.” |
| feoinein is feonag | waiter and waitress. |
| firist | researcher. |
| lufadh | exercise as in exercising your limbs. |
| meogh | to caress. “Bha i a’ meogh na teudan air an fhidhill.” |
| fanaire | a positive note in music which ties musical notes, links movements. |
| fluasg | musical progression, successive movements. |
