TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
gréas1, m. (gs. & npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Ornamental work; ornament, ornamentation. 2. Decorative design, pattern, figure (on cloth, etc.). 3. Needlework, embroidery. Abhras agus ~, spinning and needlework. 4. (Literary, artistic) composition.
gréas2, s. Lit: (In phrase) De ghréas, habitually, continually, perpetually.
gréas3 = gréasaigh1.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
Gréas a oibriú in éadach, to work a design on cloth.
~ gréasa, patrúin, the working of a design, of a pattern.
Gréas saothraithe, worked-out, elaborate, pattern.