, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a hemp-breaker, a flax-breaker.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a hearty, stout fellow; a scoffer, a satirist ( = cneamhaire).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a frog, a toad; groaning, complaining; act of complaining.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a burr growing on the burdock.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a complainer, a grumbler.

, -air, pl. id., m., a boat; c. bárca, a barque's life-boat; c. luinge, a ship's boat.

, -artha, f., draining, exhausting; suckling; milking vigorously.

, -aig, pl. id. and cnaga, m., a skein of thread (B.); the "bool" used in playing cnag, -aig, pl. id. and cnaga, m., a crack, a split, a wrinkle; a knob, a peg; a knock, a blow.

, -aighe, a., having fissures, wrinkled, cracked.

, g. -aidh and -gtha, pl. id., m., a splitting, a knock-down, a rap, a blow; bhéarfaidh mise c. duit, I'll give you a thrashing (Con.).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a hardy, wiry little person.

, -adh, v. intr. and tr., I break, crack, make a noise; I beat, strike.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a noggin, the fourth part of a pint.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a knocker, a cracker.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a division of land, about 16 acres English (Aran).

, f., an advanced or considerable age. (a similar use of cnag is found in other compounds.)

, -aighe, f., a crackling or rustling noise; a knocking; a smiting; act of crackling, knocking, smiting: is ann do chloisfeá an Ghaedhilg ag cnagarnaigh, it's there you would hear the Irish "rattling," being spoken vigorously.

, par-boiled (Aran).

, -óige, -óga, f., a blow, on the face, etc.

, -óige, -óga, f., a wrinkled or furrow-faced woman (O'N.).

, -e, f., hemp, a hempen cord; crochaire na cnáibe, a villain, a hangman; fras cnáibe, hempseed; cnáib uisce, neck waterweed, hemp agrimony.

, -bighe, a., hempen.

, -e, -idhe, f., a scoff, a jeer, a flout; vexation, annoyance (contr. from conáid).

, -dighe, a., vexing, scoffing, jeering.

, vl. cnáid, v. intr., I jest, jeer, deride, scoff. (This word, P. O'C. says, is a great solecism in language, and never used by a good writer.)

See <<cnáideach>>.

, -gheadh, v. tr., I gnaw; fret, bite, chew, corrode.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a noggin; a little crack: a fissure.

, -thighe, a., gnawing, chewing.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a rook, a raven.

, -rtha, m., a bone-cutting, disjointing, lacerating; fighting.

, -btha, m., bone-breaking, wrenching.

, -reimhre, a., thick-boned.

, f., an arm or cubit; a cubit in length.

, -sighe, -seacha, f., a midwife.

, -ála, f., act of complaining, grumbling.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a man midwife; a grumbler.

, g. id., pl. -pidhe, m., a button; thuit sé 'n-a chnaipe, he fainted; tá mo ch. déanta, I am undone.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a button-maker.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little lump or knot, a small button.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a grunter, a grumbler (O'N.)

, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., the outside stretcher of a bed; a lazy person.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a bat, a club, a cudgel.

, -áimh, -ámha, m., a bone; c. an rúta, the fore-arm; c. muinéil, the collar bone; c. sluaiste, the hip bone; c. droma, the backbone.

, -aighe, a., bony.

, -aigh, -acha, m., a skeleton; a stalk, as a potato stalk; cnámharlach mairte, a bony cow (Om.).

, m., hemp-stalk.

, -aighe, -acha, f., a big fire, a conflagration, a bonfire; a skeleton.

, m., samphire.

, m., shambles.

, -mhóire, gross-boned, thick-boned.

, -óige, -óga, f., a remnant; potatoes with the starch extracted.

, -e, f., a gangrene.

, g. id., m., consumption; wasting.

, vl. cnaoi, v. tr., I consume, eat, swallow; I gnaw; intr., I pine, waste away (better cnaighim, which see).

, p. a., weak, wasted, exhausted, powerless.

, -aip, pl. -apaidhe, and -apa, m., a lump, a mass; a knob, a ball, a button; anything dense; a dense human head; a blow, a rap, a hard knock; cnap phráta, a good "lump" of a potato; tá sé 'na chnap, he is sound asleep.

, -aigh -aighe, m., an ugly or ungainly person; c. smulcaire (O'Ra.), cf. gearra-ch. (McD.).

, -aighe, a., knotty, knobby, bossy, lumpy.

, -ála, f., act of beating, striking; a beating, a smiting.

, -adh, v. tr., I collect into little lumps, heap; I roll up clothes, etc.; raise lumps on, strike. See <<cnabaim>>.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a strong, stout man; a striker; a louse.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a knob; anything large or stout; a lump; an excresence; in pl., cnapáin,lumps in the throat; cnapán uibh, a large egg.

, -aighe, a., rough, rugged, uneven, knotty.

, -óige, -óga, f., a little lump; a tuft; the nap of cloth (in pl.); a hillock.

, m., a stumbling block.

, -padh, v. tr., I collect into little lumps, heap; raise lumps on, strike. See <<cnapaim>>.

, -eada and -eide, pl. -eadanna, f., a sigh; a groan, a pant, a grunt, (of animals); pain causing a groan.

, g. cneidhe, d. cneidh, pl. -a and -acha, gpl. cneadh, f., a wound, a scab, a sore; cneadh cráidhte, bitter destruction; aos cneadh, the wounded; cnéadh, in Don.

, -dhaighe, a., wounded, wound-giving.

, -dhaigh, pl. id., m., a wound-giver.

, -aighe, f., act of complaining, sighing, groaning, grunting; ag cneadaigh, grunting.

, -aighe, a., grunting, complaining.

, -dach, v., intr., I sigh, groan, grunt (as an animal); pant from exertion.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a surgeon.

, -a, f., surgery.

, -a, m., garlic, wild garlic.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a mean fellow, a knave, a rogue; cnéamhaire (Con.).

, -a, f., meanness, low knavery.

, -eis, pl. -eis and -easa, m., the skin, bark, rind; waist, neck, breast; complexion; the trunk or body of a tree; cuailne cneis, the extreme peg in a warping frame (also f., cf., 'n-a cneis).

, -aighe, a., belonging to the trunk of a tree, etc.; having skin or rind.

, -a, f., familiarity, bed-fellowship; surgery, healing.

, a., white -skinned; of a bright, lime-like appearance.

, -ghona, f., act of skinwounding.

, p. a., modest, mild, eventempered, humane, civil, gentle, courteous, honest; also healed, brought to a skin (as a wound).

, -a, f., modesty, mildness, honesty; healing, bringing to a skin (as a wound.)

, -uighthe, m., healing, act of healing; improvement; a cneasuidhe, g. id., pl. -dhthe, a comrade, a companion, a bed-fellow (one that joins his skin to another's); a surgeon, a healer, one that brings on a skin.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I heal, cure; intr., I heal up.

, -a, m., a soldier, a knight.

, -ptha, m., a striving, a struggling.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a poor, mean-spirited rogue.

, -a, f., meanness, mean roguery.

, -áil, v. tr., I knit.

, -e (cneis-), f., the opening in the warp made by the gears of the loom in weaving. See <<cneas>>.

, -eáil, v. tr., I knit (A.). See <<cniotálaim>>.

(cnú)

, g. id., pl. cná and cnóite, dpl. cnáibh, m. and f., a nut, a filbert; cnó fhranncach, a walnut; cnó geanmnaidh, a chestnut; cnó gaedhealach, a hazel-nut; cnó milse, an earth-nut; cnó caoch, a blighted nut; cnó cuill, a hazel-nut.

, g. cnuic, pl. id. and cnoca, m., a hill, a height, a mountain; an impediment; a difficulty; mo chnoc! alas! rud do thabhairt don chnoc, to vomit something; pron. croc often in Con. and U.

, -aighe, a., hilly, uneven.

, -a, f., sauntering about the hills.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a hillock, a height; mo chnoc is mo chnocán fada guirt! woo, woe, alas!

, -aighe, a., hilly, uneven.

, -air, m., coll., hills (top.).

, f., a nut-grove.

, -thuinne, pl. -thonnta, f., a wave mountain high.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a nut-crackers; a dealer or gatherer in nuts.

, -a, f., a gathering of nuts; a dealing in nuts.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little hill; "An cnoicín fraoich," "The Little Heathery Hill," a well known air; also cnuicín.

, -aire, a., abounding in nuts.

, -aigh, m., act of gathering (nuts, etc.); heaping together. See <<cnuasach>>.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a knot; a bow of ribbons; a cockade; "An cnota bán," "The White cockade" a well known air.

See <<cnó>>.

, -ais, pl. id., m., a collection; treasure; recollection, reflection.

, -aigh, m., act of gathering (fruit, etc.); heaping together; a cluster (of grapes, nuts, etc.).

, -a, f., a storing; a treasure; reflection.

, -adh, v. tr., I collect, gather, glean.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a collector, a gatherer.

, -áin, m., a heap, a collection.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a collector, a gatherer; a miser.

, -sach, v. tr., I gather, glean, collect, hoard, scrape together. See <<cnuasaim>>.

, -artha, f., act of "footing" turf, i.e. setting it on end in small heaps to dry (heard in some parts of M.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a gurnet, a gurnard (fish).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., the end of a hammer, a lump, a hard head; a round prominent forehead; the thole-pin of a boat or canoe.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a person with a round prominent forehead.

, -uimhe, -umha, f., a worm, a maggot, a mite (nom. also cnumh).

, -mhighe, a., abounding in worms or maggots.

, -oige, -oga, f., a worm, a maggot, a mite (nom. also cnuimheogach, -aighe, a., abounding in worms or maggots.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a pig-nut.