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cass (=Ir. cos, Sc.G. cas) (f.) pl. cassyn See kass bottom, foot, leg, peg: As woaill eh ad rass as cass Bible; (of feather) barrel; (of river) meander, mouth, outlet: Cass ny hawin. DF; (of pipe) stem; (of whip) crop; handle, hilt, shaft, stalk: shegin da ve ĂȘillit lesh yiarn, as cass shleiy Bible [O.Ir. cos]
cass pensyl (f.) pencil-arm
cass phenney (f.) pen-holder
cass vaidjagh (f.) timber-toes
handle1 cass, cass doarnane, loaghtee; cleaysh; doarnane; illish; shout; holt; loaght; (v.) freayll rick er, obbraghey, stiurey
unshod (adj.) gyn braag, gyn crou; cass rooisht: The man was unshod - Va'n dooinney cass rooisht. DF idiom
ankle (n.) abane: He gave his ankle a wrench - Cass eh yn abane echey. DF idiom; abbane, abaneagh, mwannal ny cass
pencil-arm (n.) cass pensyl
pen-holder (n.) cass phenney
foot1 bun: At the foot of the table - Ec bun y voayrd. DF idiom; cass: He couldn't stir a foot - Cha dod eh gleashagh cass. DF idiom; (n.) kass; trie: Three foot long - Tree trie er lhiurid. DF idiom; (v.) goll er chosh; cosh
net buoy (n.) cass-vollag
reins (npl.) aarey, aaraghyn; cass-streeaney
tongue twister (n.) cass-ockle
cass-streeaney (f.) rein, reins
meander (n.) cass, lhoob; ammyr-chassee, strooan-chassee; (v.) lhoobey, cassey
cannon aaventyn, aavuilley; cartharnee; cass ogheragh; (npl.) beealraghyn runt; (to); (dy) woalley noi; (n.) gunn mooar; gunney-mooar
haft (n.) (v.) cur cass ayn, cur doarnane ayn; (n.) dhornane, doarnane; hilt: And the haft also went in after the blade - As hie yn hilt myrgeddin stiagh marish y vlod Bible
leg1 (n.) cass: Small of the leg - Mwannal y chass. DF idiom; lurgagh; lurgey: My leg is all black and blue - Ta my lurgey ooilley condoo. DF idiom
peg cass; dhull; kibbin; ogher; pinn; pinney; sheaym; keim: He took him down a peg or two - Hug eh keim sheese ny ghaa eh. DF idiom
sole (n.) bun, bun ny coshey, cree ny coshey, grunt, grunt ny cass, trie; (v.) cur bun noa er, cur trie noa er; (n.) liebage, liehbage, liebage chiare, liehbaig; (adj.) un, ynrican
steady beayn; jeenys; jeenysal: Steady a table leg - Cass buird y yeenysal. DF idiom; jeenysey; kinjagh; rea; shickyr: Steady your hand! - Cum dty laue shickyr! DF idiom
ass ynnyd misplaced, out of place, out of joint: Dy hreishteil ayns dooinney neufirrinagh dy heaghyn, te myr feeackle brisht, as cass ass ynnyd. Bible
Baarool Barrule: v'eh er ny chleayney liorish ny preachooryn Saasilagh, as cheayll eh John Wesley eh-hene preacheil er cleigh ec cass slieau Baarool Dhoor
bussal kerchief, pocket handkerchief: As haink eshyn va marroo magh soillit cass as laue ayns aanrityn oanluckee: as bussal mysh e eddin. Bible
dewil barbarous, cold-blooded, cruel, inclement, savage, severe: woaill eh ad rass as cass, lesh cragh dewil Bible
heaghyn (dy) of trouble: Dy hreishteil ayns dooinney neu-firrinagh ayns earish dy heaghyn, te myr feeackle brisht, as cass ass ynnyd. Bible
hreishteil (dy); (to) trust: Dy hreishteil ayns dooinney neu-firrinagh ayns earish dy heaghyn, te myr feeackle brisht, as cass ass ynnyd. Bible
jummalit squandered, wasted: S'treih lhiam gra nagh row traa ny smoo ceaut ayms ayns Cregneash geaishtagh rish, as traa ny sloo ceaut ayms er y vagher bluggan cass, as jummalit er fardailysyn elley. MB
neufirrinagh affected, fictitious, insincere, perfidious, unfaithful, untrue, untruthful: Dy hreishteil ayns dooinney ta neu-firrinagh ayns earish dy heaghyn, te myr feeackle brisht as cass ass ynnyd. EF
oie'll (f.) eve, vigil: Ayns y thie ain dagh Oie'll Voirrey yinnagh shin croghey oashyryn liauyr ec cass nyn lhiabbee ayns jerkallys as treisht! JG
Oie'll Voirrey (f.) Christmas Eve, midnight mass: Ayns y thie ain dagh Oie'll Voirrey yinnagh shin croghey oashyryn liauyr ec cass nyn lhiabbee ayns jerkallys as treisht! JG
bottom1 (n.) bun: At the bottom of the stairs - Ec bun ny greeishyn. DF idiom; cass, jerrey, kione, laare; grunt: Fishing on the bottom - Eeastagh er y ghrunt. DF idiom; iightyr, iyghtyr; (n.) curp: Hit him across the bottom - Bwoaill eh er ny curpyn echey. DF idiom; thoyn: His bottom was wet - Va'n thoyn echey fliugh. DF idiom; toinn; (v.) cur ashvuilley er: To put bottom on a ball - Dy chur ashvuilley er bluckan. DF idiom
rein (n.) cass-streeaney, raigh, yeeal streeaney; streean: To rein up a horse - Dy chur er cabbyl dy hassoo liorish yn streean. DF idiom; (v.) streeaney
tread1 cass-cheim; cur y chass er; keimnaghey; shooyl: To tread in the steps of - Dy hooyl ayns braagyn. DF idiom; sthampey
er coontey shen on that score: Ec y traa va mee cloie bluggan cass rish sheshaght 'Ny shen ghuillyn' ec keayrtyn er fastyr Jerdein (va shen y lieh laa feailley 'sy chiaghtyn) as er coontey shen cha row mish seyr dy hroailt dys Cregneash dy chooilley fastyr Jerdein. MB
mettey boneless, faint-hearted, shaky, supine, weak-minded, yellow: cha bee oo ny smoo enmyssit seyr as mettey Bible; delicate, prim, soft, tender: Yn ven seyr as mettey ny mast' eu nagh jinnagh e cass y choyrt er y laare son moyrn as mettey-ys Bible; frivolous
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