| The Lobster |
| spògan | claws. |
| “feelar” | feelers. |
| ceann | head. |
| giùrain | gills. |
| urball (m) | tail. |
| sgiathan beag air fodha | “swimmers” on underside. |
| màthair a’ mhaoraich | encrustations on back. |
| na h-uighean | eggs. |
| plaosg (m) | shell-cast. |
| cailleach (?) (dh?) | lobster with claw missing. |
| faiche (f) | lobster’s home. Toll anns na creagan. Ma tha i mosach, chan fhàg e ’fhaiche. |
| The Creel |
| cliabh (m) | creel. |
| a’ deanamh cleibh | making a creel. |
| an t-ùrlar | the base. |
| boghachan (m) | rods, before and after bending and fitting to base. |
| biorach | sharpened ends of rods. Bha mi deanamh biorach. Bha mi biorachadh a’ bhogha. |
| a’ cur air a’ lìn | netting a creel. |
| broilleach (m) | the eye. |
| an t-sùil | the hoop. |
| clach | weight. Clach air a gleidheadh ris an ùrlar le sreang. |
| biadhadair (m) | bait-holder. (More like ‘biathadair’.) |
| ròp a’ bhràth | rope. |
| bràth (m), brathachan (pl) | floats. Made of cork. Rigged on the ‘ròp a’ bhràth’ [q.v.] in a chain. |
| cealadair (m) | place for opening, door (for admitting hand). |
| “fleet” | fleet of creels, when attached to a single line. Tha iad a-mach ’na “fleetichean”. |
| buta (m), butachan (pl) | modern plastic orange buoys. |
| Fishing, kinds of bait used |
| ’ga thilgeil a-mach | shooting a creel. |
| ’ga tharraing a-staigh | hauling a creel. |
| biadh | bait. |
| runnaich | Tiree for mackerel. ’Se runnaich as motha a tha iad ag uisneachadh. |
| Cleaning a creel |
| ’ga ghlanadh a-mach | cleaning a creel. |
| ’ga chartadh a-mach | cleaning a creel. |
| Other terms |
| meanachaladh | gravelly, peebley [sic] [pebbly?] ground. An t-àit’ a’s fhèarr airson am faotainn. Dh’fhaodadh grunnd creagach a bhi a cheart cho math. |
| “poll bàn” | far a bheil a’ ghainmheach na’s fhaisge air tìr a’ mheanachaladh [q.v.]. |
| a’ fiachainn grunnd ùr | testing of new ground. |
| [toinneamh] | Tha an toinneamh air folbh [sic] as a’ ropa. – fraying or frayed rope. |
| [froiseadh] | Tha an ropa a’ froiseadh. – fraying or frayed rope. |
