TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
scolb, m. (gs. & npl. -oilb, gpl. ~). 1. Indentation as in edge of scallop-shell; (in edge of cloth, etc.) scallop. 2. Splinter. ~ giúise, splinter of bog-wood (for lighting). ~ raice, piece of driftwood. 3. ~ (tuí), ‘scollop’, looped stick for securing thatch. Lá na ~, thatching-day. Prov: Ní hé lá na gaoithe lá na ~, ‘the windy day is not the day for scollops’, take time by the forelock. Ó bhonn go ~, from top to bottom (of house). 4. Nick; crack, chip. ~ nó roc, nick or wrinkle. ~ ar ubh, chip in eggshell (as caused by emerging chicken). 5. ~ (litreach), code notch (in edge of letter). Ní bhfuair mé ~ ná scéala air, I have had neither tale nor tidings of him. 6. Fig: Lean wiry person; strapping fellow.