, in phr. táim slabhcuighthe leis an ocras, I am famished with hunger (Con.); cf. <<slamhacaim>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a chain, a fetter.

, -radh and -ughadh, v. tr., I chain, I tie up, I fasten, I fetter.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, a batterer, a bruiser, a beater.

, -a, f., a battery, a beating, a bruising.

, -artha, f., a beating, a drubbing, a battering, a bruising, a mauling.

, -aicht, m., good appearance, neatness, tidiness, completeness, adornment, trimness; slacht do chur ar an dtigh, to furnish and adorn the house.

, -aire, a., in good condition, well-favoured, deft, tidy, handy, neat, finished, adorned.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I make neat or tidy, I finish, deck, adorn.

, g. slaid and sladtha, pl. id., m., robbery, theft, larceny.

, -aighe, a., given to plundering.

, -dtha, m., act of plundering, robbing, stealing.

, -a, f., robbery, plunder, thievery.

, -dadh, v. tr., I rob, steal, plunder.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a plunderer, a robber.

See <<sladaidheacht>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a clamp used in gelding.

, m., murder and robbery.

, -bhadh, v. tr., I murder and rob.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a highway robber, a murderer, a freebooter.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a robber, a thief, a plunderer.

, -a, f., robbery, thievery.

, -aighe, a., robbing, spoiling, plundering.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a robber, a thief, a highwayman.

, -a, f., robbery, theft, plunder.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a plunderer, a robber; saoileann gaduidhe na gcruach gur sladuidhe an sluagh (U. prov.).

, a cold. See <<slaodán>>.

, -e, f., mud or mire left on the sea-shore or on a river's bank. See slab.

, -de, f., theft, robbery; what is stolen or concealed. See slad.

, -e, f., a disrespectful term for a woman.

, g. id., f., act of smiting, killing, slaying, slaughtering.

, litharge, i.e. the scum, froth or spume of metals (P. O'C.).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a small flat roll of wool, etc.; a little handful; a dirty, untidy person.

, -aighe, a., having one's wounds perfectly healed; sláin-chneasach, id.; sláin-chréachtach, -aighe, a., id.

, -a, f., entireness, fulness; health, soundness of body; sláine, id.

, f., complete cure, salvation; a healing salve, a precious or rare medicine.

, g. id., pl. -teacha, f., health, soundness, healing, salvation; a health, a toast; sláinte mhaith! good health! easláinte, ill-health; íoc-shláinte, balm, healing-balm, balsam; (ag) seo do shláinte! here is a health to you! ólaimís sláinte na mná, let us drink the woman's health; is milis an rud an tsláinte, health is a delectable commodity.

, -tighe, a., sound, healthy.

, -mhla, a., healthy, healthful, salutary, wholesome, salubrious.

, -a, f., healthfulness, benignity.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a sprig, a twig, a little stick; slaitín draoidheachta, a magic wand.

, -áime, -áma, f., a lock or handful of wool, tow, etc.; a flat, loose roll of carded wool; slám

, -aighe, a., teasing, plucking, combing, carding.

, -cadh, v. intr., I bend down; I lodge, as corn or grass.

, -áin, m., lodged corn or grass.

, -mtha, m., eating greedily (P. O'C.).

, -mtha, m., act of carding loosely (wool, etc.); act of making wool into loose, flat rolls.

, -adh, v. tr., I card loosely (wool, etc.); léig dóibh é chíoradh mar a slámaidh siad é, let them card it (wool) according as they tease it (i.e. prepare it for carding; that is to say, let them get out of the difficulties they themselves create, I will not interfere (Ker.) cf. mar chríosuigheann siad slámadh siad (Don.); cíoruighidh 7 slámuighidh eadraibh féin é, comb and card it between yourselves, i.e. settle the dispute between you (Don.).

, g. id., pl. -cidhe, f., a wreath, a bunch of grass, etc.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a voracious eater.

, -artha, f., voracious eating.

(slamhán)

, -áin, m., curdled milk (P. O'C.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a little lock of teased wool, etc.; a little flake (of snow).

, -óige, -óga, f., a email lock of teased wool, etc.; a little flake (of snow); an untidy woman.

, g. id., pl. -raidhe, m., a layer, tuft of grass, etc.; a soft roll, as of wool, etc.

, -aighe, a., in soft layers, in rolls (as wool).

, -radh, v. tr., I eat voraciously.

, g. sláin, pl. -a, security, guarantee, surety, protection; farewell; challenge, defiance; slán leat (sing.), slán libh (pl.), farewell! slán beo agat (sing.), slán beo agaibh (pl.), id.; d'fhág sé slán ar, he bode farewell to; a shlán fá, in defiance of; a slán fút! I defy you to do (or say) it! dubh-shlán, challenge, defiance; bheirim do sh., I defy you (Con. and U.); a distinction is drawn between slán leat and slán agat, the former being said by the people of the house to their departing visitor, and the latter by the visitors to the host of whom they are taking leave; to the person setting out is said fág slán aca, bid them farewell, take your leave of them; slán beo chum Domhnaill, may Domhnall prosper, God be with Domhnall (who is in America, etc.); mo chúig céad slán chum dúthaigh m'athar, five hundred adieus to my father's district ("An Spailpín Fánach").

, -áine, a., whole, healthy, healed, secure, safe, sound, well, perfect, complete, entire, uninjured; talamh slán a dhéanamh de'n scéal, to accept the tale as true; go slán, well; go dtéidh tú slán, may you go (home, etc.) safely, success attend you.

, -nta, m., surety, bail, protection.

, -a, f., a guarantee, a surety, a passport; act of saving.

, g. -luis and -lusa, pl. id., m., rib-wort, rib-grass, plantain; slánlus muice, swine's cresses (O'C.); in sp. l. slándus.

-uighthe, m., act of curing, healing, saving; salvation; the secundine of a woman after childbirth; the cleaning off or getting rid of the secundine; slánadh, id. (Con.).

, -ughadh, v. tr., I cure, I heal, I save, I complete, I make whole; I attain the age of; do shlánuigh uirthe, she was safely delivered, she was safely rid of the secundine (of a woman in childbirth).

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a saviour; ar slánuightheoir, our saviour.

, -a, pl. id., m., a swath, a layer, a pile; a smooth sweeping mass, a flowing mass of hair; 'n-a shlaodaibh, in heaps, in layers or wreaths; in torrents.

, -a, pl. id., m., a raft, a float, a trail.

, m., a fool, a dull-witted fellow (Om.).

, -aighe, a., in layers, in tresses; flowing, floating, sweeping.

, -dtha, m., act of dragging or trailing after one; act of slipping, sliding.

, -dtha, m., act of mowing down in layers; act of murdering, destroying.

, -a, f., act of idling, wasting time (Don.); also sladaidheacht.

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I drag or trail after me; I slide, slip.

, -adh, v. tr., I reap or mow down in swaths or layers; I slay, murder, destroy.

, -áin, m., a cold (the disease), a hoarseness; pron. slaghdán (M.); cf. taobhán, pron. taghbhán, etc.; P. O'C. writes this word sluigheadán, and says it = luigheadán or luigheachán, prop, any sickness that confines one to bed, but the etymology is far-fetched.

, -aighe, a., dull-witted.

, -aigh, -acha, m., a hinge; pl. slaodracha, hinges, foundations.

, -dartha, a sliding, floating, trailing.

, -áin, m., a lazy fellow (Don.).

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a lazy, idle person (Don.).

, m., act of inciting (dogs, etc.) (Clare).

, f., a funeral pile (Kea., T. S.).

, -aighe, a., slovenly, awkward, untidy, dirty; lukewarm; brackish (slaopach, id.).

, -a, f., slovenliness, awkwardness, untidiness, dirt.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a sloven, a sluggard, an awkward untidy fellow, a drawlar.

, -a, f., untidiiiess, slovenliness; act of wading: ag s. tríd an uisce, wading or pawing water; prating (N. Con.).

, -air, pl. id., m., a skirt, a trail, the train of a long robe.

, -aighe, a., having a long skirt or train (as of a robe); unwieldy; untidy, unkempt (also slaprach).

, -aighe, f., act of splashing, as water.

, -óige, -óga, f., a slut, an untidy woman.

, -aidh, m., lavishness of of dress; tá s. mór air, hia dress is lavish or proves he is well-to-do.

, -a, m., a cutting or hacking; slaughtering.

, -a, f., continual cutting or hacking; a private grudge.

, g. slaite, pl. slata, f., a rod, a yard measure, a yard in length; a switch, a fishing-rod, a reed, a wand; s. bhroide, a goad; s. draoidheachta, a magic wand; s. ghorm, woody nightshade (solanum dulcamara); s. ghunna, [a ramrod]; s. iascaigh, fishing-rod; s. mhara, tangle sea-rod; s. ríoghdha, sceptre; s. phrioctha, goad; s. sheoil, a halyard; s. shuaiceantais, mace, flag-staff; s. thomhais, wand for measuring, yard, ell; slat fuinneoige, a window-sill; slat droichid, the parapet of a bridge.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., slime in water; in some places, láthach (Don.). See glóthach.

, -ttha, m., a switching.

, f. pl., the lines or curves on which a vessel is built.

, -adh, v. tr., I switch.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a tall, nimble, grown-up boy; also any young animal approaching maturity; cf. s. muice, s. céise.

, -aladh, v. tr., I switch, I beat with a rod.

, m., the act of smiting with a rod.

, m., a long lock of hair on the back of the head.

, m., hair in long locks.

, f., bitter-sweet, woody nightshade.

, -óige, -óga, f., a twig.

, -aic, m., a sort of edible seaweed, often cooked and used for food; the matter in the inside of a horn; slabhac (Don.). See <<sleabhacán>>.

, -áin, m., sloke; an edible seaweed, often cooked and used as food; a kind of syrup made from this weed; the matter inside a horn.

, -a, m., adoration, bowing down, falling down.

, -aighe (from sliocht), a., having offspring or progeny.

, -adh, v. tr., I cut, hack, scar, gash, hew, fell.

, vl. -tadh and -tain, v. tr. and intr., I kneel, I worship, I adore, I bow down, I fall or hang down (of a covering): sléachtaim di, I salute her with a bow.

, -tana, f., worship adoration, bowing down, kneeling.

, -aighe, a., bowing down in reverence or adoration.

, -ais, m., act of bowing, kneeling, falling down with reverence; sléachtanacht, id.

, -eighe, -a, f., a spear, a lance, a javelin, a pike; also a long, thin thorn or little slice of wood, such as may enter the flesh of the fingers, etc.

, -aighe, a., armed with a spear or dart; like a spear or dart.

, -aighe, a., sneaking; drawling.

, -adh, v. intr., I drawl: I sneak off.

, -adh, v. tr., I cut, hack, wound, strike, smite; cf. ag sleaghadh na sluagh (Feis Tighe Chonáin, apud P. O'C.).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a drawler; a sneak.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a turf-spade; a kind of spade with a wing at one side, or at both sides.

see <<sliogán>>.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a man who cuts turf.

, -aic, m., an inclined position or motion of the head; an angry or careless attitude.

See <<sleabhacán>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a slap or cuff on the side of the head.

, -leimhne, a., smooth, sleek, unruffled, plain; slippery; unleavened; politic, diplomatic, plausible; treacherous, unreliable; beireann fear sleamhain fiacha leis, a plausible man goes off with debts (Con. prov.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., elm: crann sleamháin, horn-beam tree (P. O'C.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., smoothness, sliding, slipperiness; carr sleamhnáin, a sledge, an old fashioned Irish car; carra s., id

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a plausible villain, a trickster.

, -uighthe, m., the act of sliding, gliding, slipping, going quietly, escaping (from. ó).

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr., I slip, I slide, I stumble, I make slippery or smooth: I glide away, go quietly, escape (from, ó); do shleamhnuigh sé anonn, he went over quietly, he "slipped" over, went without fuss or attracting attention; ná léig do'n lá sleamhnughadh uait, do not let the day pass from you as if unnoticed, that is, do some work while it is still day; do shleamhnuigh sé uaim, he dodged me.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a flake, a collection of flakes; a slice; sleanntach feola, a slice of flesh.

, -ptha, m., boasting (Der.).

, -aighe, a., having borders, coasts or sides.

, -cadh, v. intr., I crack.

, in phr. go sleibhe, for ever (Con.).

, -tighe. See sléibhteamhail.

, -mhla, a., hilly, mountainous, marshy.

, -righ, -righe, m., a water-flag; the flower that grows on the water-flag.

, g. id., f., smoothness, slipperiness, polish, diplomacy, treachery, deceit.

, -a, f., slipperiness, unsteadiness; polish, diplomacy; treachery, deceit.

, -aighe, a., apt to nauseate.

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I nauseate.

, I smite, cut, wound. See sleagaim.

, g. sléibhe, pl. sléibhte, m., a mountain, a range of mountains; a mountainous district, e.g. Sliabh Ruadh, the Dublin mountains; Sliabh Luachra, an extensive mountain district in Kerry, etc.; a moor, a marsh; a heathery upland or even plain; a wild bog; ar fán chum sléibhe, scattered far away. sliabh means both a high hill or mountain, and wild heathery bog or moorland, as distinct from arable land. In Anglo-Irish a piece of a "mountain" means a piece of moorland, whether level or undulating. In W. Ker. sliabh often implies the idea of low-lying, hence the phr. ag teacht aníos ó'n sliabh.

, -a, m., a swallowing.

See <<sliasad>>.

, g. sliasta and sléiste, pl. id., f., the loins, the thigh; go nuige na sléiste, to the thigh; also the coarse part of a thread; nom. also sliasaid and slias.

, g. sléist, pl. id., m., the ledge in a loom or on a ridge.

, -aighe, a., awkward, knock-kneed.

, m. See <<sliast>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the ledge in a loom or on a ridge.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a tall, gaunt man.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a sly-mannered fellow, a schemer, a trickster.

, g. id., pl. -gidhe, m., a shell, a grisset. See sleoga.

, -eadh, -ghthe, f., a way, a road, a track, a path, a passage; room, space; a manner, a method, a means, a contrivance; ar a shlighidh, on his way; as an tslighidh, wrong, criminal; a shlighe féin, his own way, according to his own will; go ndeárnaidh Dia an tslighe is feárr dá anam, may God put his soul in the most favourable state (a prayer for one who is dead); slighe bheathadh, a way of living, a means of livelihood; déan slighe dham, make room for me: pl. also slightheacha, and in sp. l. slighte; cf. ríghte.

, m., a vessel containing melted tallow to dip rushes in for candles; a hollow piece of a large pot. See <<slige>> and <<slioga>>.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., an artful, scheming fellow.

, -a, f., a wile; artfulness, cunning; fertility in schemes and stratagems.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a mussel, a shell. See sliogán.

, -nigh, m., a collection of scales; scales.

, -righ, m., a collection of fragments, as of broken shells, pieces, bits of broken glass or other ware; slate debris; little thin plates; sligreadh, id.

, g. id., pl. -rínidhe, m., a thin small shell, any thin plate, a fragment of a slate, a thin pebble, often applied to coins (gold or silver); in pl. also the pendants of a watch chain; fragments into which a watch, etc., may be broken.

, -thighe, a., artful, cunning, sly, fraudulent, wily, designing; wayward; resourceful; as subs., "a fly body," a tricky person (Don.).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., an artful, cunning, designing person.

, -a, f., cunning, strategy, artifice.

See <<slightheadóir>>.

See <<slightheadóireacht>>.

, -e, a., smooth, unleavened, slender, well-groomed, thin, spare, miserable, wretched.

, frequently used in poetry as an intensive in compounds like slím-shlógach, slím-bhuaidheartha.

, a small quantity, a handful (Don.); slíomán, id. (U.).

, m., a graceful ship.

, g. id., f., smoothness, slimness, thinness (slimeacht, id.).

, m., lip service, as distinguished from genuine homage (Kea.).

, -e, -leanna, pl. also sleanntracha (Con.), f., a weaver's slay or reed; a tile, a slate, a flag, a flat stone; teach (tigh) slinne, a slated house; a light, flat board for scutching flax.

, -e, a., flat.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a shoulder, the shoulder blade; bos an tslinneáin, the flat part of the shoulder-bone; slinneán tosaigh, the front beam of a spinning-wheel; a border.

, -tigh, m., a tiling; slates, tiles, shingles.

, -a, f., sleet (corrupt for cloich-shneacht) (Don.).

(slíomhadh)

, -bhtha, m., act of rasping, filing, grinding; act of smoothing, polishing.

, -btha, m., act of scraping away, extracting or taking away from; amhail do slíobadh gach sochar uaidh, as each gain was drawn away from him (Kea.); beidh cuimhne aca ar shlíobadh a seolta i bPórt Sebastian, they will remember how their sails (or ships) were carried away at Port Sebastian (McD.); act of licking (W. Cork).

(slíomhaim)

, -adh, v. tr., I rasp, file, grind; I smoothe, I polish.

, -adh, v. tr., I rub or scratch off, I scrape away; I rasp, file, grind; I extract, draw, or take from; I lick (W. Cork).

, -air, m., anything that hangs loose or untidy; somet. applied to a cow's udder; liobar, id.

, -e, f., hanging from, suspended (N. Con.); a variant form of liobarnach, dat. (ag) liobarnaigh, the change being caused by prosthetic s and the substitution of the terminal -ghail for -ach, often found in Con.

, -bartha, m., act of dragging along.

, -radh, v. tr., I draw, drag, pull, trail.

, p. a., polished, sharp-pointed.

, -adh, v. intr., I slip off or out, leave quietly; shlíoc sé leis amach 7 d'imthigh sé, he slipped out quietly and went (Don.).

, g. sleachta, pl. id., m., race, lineage, tribe, seed, clan, offspring, posterity, descendants, family, family-stock; track, vestige; extract, portion; a troop or company; a multitude; tá a shliocht air, "sign is on it," this is a proof (Con.); tá a rian air (M.); tá sliocht air, he is marked or has a mark (scar) on him (Mon.); go gcuiridh Dia an rath ar do shliocht, may God prosper your progeny; the result or produce of anything.

, -aire, a., having many descendants; prolific, populous.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, m., a shell; a cow's udder, when large and loose, is called a slioga or slioba; fig. a very large, ungainly vessel; a big-headed, clownish fellow.

, -aighe, a., pertaining to shells, abounding in shells.

, -aighe, a., smooth, glossy, silky, sleek, caressing, fawning.

, -gtha, m., act of smoothing or polishing; slíocadh (Don.).

, -adh, v. tr., I rub down, caress, smooth, foment, polish, gloss, lubricate.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., one who smoothes or polishes.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a shell; a scale (of a balance); a bomb; a kind of shell-fish used as manure; a shell-like spoon; sliogán creachainn, scollop-shell; sliogán néamhainn, mother of pearl, the Irish pearl oyster; sliogán tomhais, the scales of a balance; sliogán dubh, a mussel.

, -aighe, a., abounding in shells;, pertaining to shells.

, m., a scollop (a kind of fish) (Ker.). See sliogán.

, m., a scallop-shell.

, p. a., smooth, polished, glossy.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a flatterer, a deceiver, a thief.

, -a, f., flattery; thievery, deception.

(also slíomaim)

, slíomhadh, 7c. See slíobhaim, slíobhadh.

, -madh, v. tr., I flatter, I smoothe, I gloss over (also líomaim).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m. See slíomadóir.

, -a, f. See slíomadóireacht

, m., unleavened bread.

, a., fine and twisted (of the hair).

, m., a slender or graceful tree; sliom-chranna seoil, graceful ship-masts (McD.).

, -aigh, m., numbness, faltering (Don.); tá sliopach ar mo lámhaibh, my hands are numbed.

, -aighe, a., benumbed; tongue-tied, silent (Don.); blubber-lipped (O'R.).

, g. sleasa, pl. id., m., a side, a border; margin of a country or district; a seat, a bench; a mark, a sign; ag sleasaibh búird, (seated) along the sides of the table (McD.); clár sleasa, a side-board in a dining-room.

, -aladh, v. tr., I impinge against, touch.

, -bhuailte, m., a touching, a coming into contact with.

, m., contact.

, -ghairbhe, a., having rough sides.

, m., the double mesh which runs along the foot of a net; the border mesh.

, -pighe, a., sharp, piercing, slis, -e, -eanna, f., a washboard for beetling clothes; a beetle, a scutching handle, a wash-staff: a chip, a thin lath.

, -iughadh, v. intr., I border or touch on anything.

, -eáin, pl. id., m., a chip, a slice, a lath.

, -oige, -oga, f., a chip, a slice, a lath, a thin board, a shaving.

, g. id., pl. -eacha, m., a chip, a thin wedge, a lath; a scale; slisne lín nó cnáibe, a "strike" or handful of flax or hemp; thug sé dualgas an tslisne dhó, he beat him as one pounds a handful of flax (also sleisne).

, -nigh, pl. id. and -neacha, m., a collection of scales; also a quantity of wood-shavings or chips; the horizontal sticks of the warping tree.

, -ála, f., act of beetling (clothes, etc.); also sliseáil.

, -cáin, pl. id., m., a horn; prop. the bone on which the horn is set; also sleabhacán.

, -aighe, a., of or belonging to a horn, horned.

(sloch)

, g. sluic, pl. id., m., a hole, a pit, a hollow, a slough; sloc guail, a coal pit; Sloc na Mara, the channel between Rathlin Island and the mainland in Co. Antrim; also slog.

, -aighe, a., abounding in pits, hollows or caverns.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a socket, a hollow, a little pit (also slochán).

See <<sluacht>>.

, -áin, pl. id., m., the sow-thistle.

, g. sluid, pl. id., m., puddle, a little pool of stagnant water.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a small pool of standing water (also plodán, cf. ploda).

(chiefly poetic)

See <<sluagh>>.

, -luig, pl. id., m., a sudden swallow, the amount of liquid taken at a swallow, a gulp.

, a pit, etc. See sloc.

, -aighe, a., full of pits or hollows, cavernous (also slocach).

, -gtha, m., act of swallowing, gulping; a drink, the amount swallowed at a time: bíonn slogadh ró-fhada aici, she takes too long a drink.

, -adh, v. tr., I swallow. See sloigim.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a swallower; a glutton; a gulf; a quagmire (B.); a cave.

, -a, f., gluttony, extravagance; quaffing, drinking.

(also sloigeog)

, -óige, -óga, f., a small draught or potion; the quantity taken at a draught.

, m., a whirlpool.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a whirlpool, quagmire; a vortex.

, -e, -eacha, f., booty, spoil, prize (Eochair-sciath, quoted by P. O'C.).

, -ail, pl. id., m., a quagmire, quick-sand; a place in the mountains of East Kerry so amed (corruptly sloigeada, Aran).

, -ogadh, v. tr., I swallow, devour, engulph; sloigim siar, I swallow down.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., the neck of a bottle; scluigín, id.

, -thighe, a., devouring, swallowing, engulphing.

, g. id., pl. -nte, m., a name, a surname; a clan, a tribe; a ainm 's a shloinne, his name and surname.

, -nte, m., act of naming, recording, repeating, recounting.

, -neadh, v. tr., I surname, I give a name to; name, mention, relate.

, -mhla, a., genealogical, skilled in or fond of genealogy.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a genealogist.

, -a, f., the act or habit of tracing genealogies.

, -e, f., roguery, villainy; battery.

, vl. slot, v. tr., I rob; I beat.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., rogue, a villain.

, -a, f., roguery, villainy.

, -a, -aidhe, m., hoarseness; tá sluacht orm, I am hoarse; a hoarse person or beast; the Connemara people are called sluachtaidhe by the Aran Islanders.

, -aigh, pl. id., and -aighte, m., a host, a legion, an army; a multitude, a crowd.

, -aighe, a., abounding in hosts.

, -aire, a., populous, multitudinous; abounding in hosts.

, -a, f., a military expedition; sluaigheadh, id.

, m., a numerous progeny.

, -uaiste, pl. id., f., a shovel, a paddle; a measure; g. -aide (Don.).

, -uiche, -uicheanna, f., a pulley, the "traveller" of a mast.

, -adh, v. tr., I stifle, overwhelm.

See <<slaid>>.

See <<luigheachán>>.

, -e, -artha, f., a wading or wallowing (Don.).

, -aighe, f., act of wading or wallowing (Don.).

, -sta, m., act of dissimulating; dissimulation.

, -e, pl. id., m., a dissembler, a wheedler.

, -adh, v. intr., I dissemble, counterfeit.

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