TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
scilligeadh, m. (gs. -gthe). 1. vn. of scillig. 2. Shelling. ~ arbhair, pónairí, shelling of corn, stringing of beans. S.a. scinn 6. 3. Flaking, shredding; mangling. 4. Incessant talk, prattle.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ scilligthe, hulled oats.
Lá sceite, scilligthe, an rois, ‘a day to make the lint blow’, a very warm day.
Coirce, pis, a ~eadh, to shell oats, peas.
Tá bun na cruaiche ~the ag na francaigh, the rats have gnawed the bottom of the stack to shreds.
Bheith ag ~eadh (cainte), to talk incessantly.
Ag ~eadh éithigh, spouting lies.
~eann gráinne ón scilligeadh, ‘a grain escapes from the shelling,’ exceptional characters are to be found in all communities.