| cuir is dlùth | warp and weft. |
| inneadh (ch?) | leftovers of wool. |
| fuigheagan | threads which were left over at the end of a bit of cloth. |
| séicle | the flyer on a spinning wheel. |
| pearta | after carding this word could be applied to an amount of wool that had been carded. [NOTES: corrected to ‘peàrta’.] |
| crois iarna | a wooden plank with legs. Had a pin in the middle of this plank, round which wool was wrapped until you had a hank of wool. |
| cairt locha | tubers on the bottom of a loch. The root of this was used for black dye. |
| liaghra | two bits of wood crossed together in the centre. There is a pin in the centre and on the ends of each bit of wood. The wool was wrapped round this until you had a hank. Unlike the ‘crois iarna’ [q.v.] this did not have legs. |
| rusg nan uinneanan | onion peel, boiled with salt and used as a yellow dye. [NOTES: ‘rusg’ corrected to ‘rùsg’.] |
| cradhadh am beul na duilleig | a pain / palpitation in the chest. The ‘duilleag’ was a certain part of the chest which the informant cannot specify. The pain was similar to indigestion but was more acute. |
| greim mór | appendicitis. |
| galair an domalais | gall stones. |
| lòinidh | rheumatism / sciatica. Cured by seal’s oil which was either rubbed in or drunk. |
| greim maothain | rupture. |
| sgeith feith | a ruptured muscle, especially in the form of a lump on the back of a hand. Also applied as the term for varicose veins. [NOTES: ‘feith’ corrected to ‘fèith’.] |
| sgònnan | a bit of wood on a dibble, on which pressure was applied when making a hole for the potato seed. |
| lothadh | rotted. |
| [each] | “Brollach an eich is màs na làir.” – a term used when buying horses. Whereas the strength of the male was the important criteria, the width of a mare’s shoulders was equally important. |
| an cruadhach | the term applied to the seeds once they had dried. |
| gealabhan | the fire in a kiln. |
| camhraich | a form of gruel made from small oats. |
| sgioladh | chaffing. |
| geilceinn | an unsuitable, lumpy addition. For example this would be applied to a badly made mould board (bòrd-ùireach). [NOTES: corrected to ‘geilcein’.] |
| ceann | reef. |
| marcadh sìne | spindthrift [sic] [spindrift?]. |
| lianadh | swamp. |
| cròdan | the gurnet. |
| gilleacha fionndrainn | periwinkle. |
