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spittag (f.) sharp-tongued woman, shrew, spitfire, verbose woman, vixen; little piece: Va dagh gharmin ayndoo jeh fuygh darragh, trome as lajer, chionnit rish fer elley lesh spittag fuygh, cha nee treiney yiarn! JG
wood1 (n.) aamaid; foiee; fuygh: Now put two or three pieces of wood on - Nish cur er ghaa ny tree peeshyn dy fuygh. JJK idiom; keyll: Don't lose yourself in the wood - Ny caill shiu-hene 'sy cheyll. JJK idiom; ros; magin
wood wasp (n.) beishtag-fuygh
couplings (npl.) cubbil: to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings - dy chionnaghey claghyn obbrit, as fuygh son cubbil Bible
driftwood (n.) fuygh marrey, mooirchoorey; mooirchooraghyn: Driftwood tided up the river - Mooirchooraghyn currit lesh seose yn awin ec y tidey. DF idiom
marble marmyr; marble: and all manner vessels of most precious wood, and of brass, and iron, and marble - as dy chooilley horch dy hiyn fuygh smoo costal, as dy phrash, as yiarn, as marble Bible; runtag; marmyrey
pieces (npl.) stuckanyn; meeryn; peeshyn: Now put two or three pieces of wood on - Nish cur er ghaa ny tree peeshyn dy fuygh. JJK idiom
split (v.) gaaigey, skeiltey; scoltit, skeilt; scolt; scoltey: Why have you split this piece of wood? - Cre'n oyr dy vel shiu er scoltey yn veer dy fuygh shoh? JJK idiom
aarlym's I will prepare: as aarlym's y dow elley, as ver-ym eh ny lhie er y fuygh, as cha derym veg yn aile fo. Bible
bunney arroo sheaf of corn: goll-rish chiollagh dy aile mastey’n fuygh, as myr brasnag aile ayns bunney arroo Bible
caffee (=Ir. caife) coffee: Lurg tammylt beg va cappanyn dy caffee ain, bine dy yough neesht, as aile fuygh lostey dy gennal 'sy chiollagh. Carn
Cha nel fys aym I know not: Va lurgey caillt ec y chiaullteyr shoh; cha nel fys aym row eh caillt sy chaggey ny kyndagh rish drogh-haghyrt ennagh, agh aghterbee va lurgey fuygh echey. CJ
darree (gen.) oak: Fuygh darree. DF; (v.) changed, shifted: Darree eh geear sheese ec mullagh y chronk DF
derym I shall put: giarey eh ayns peeshyn, as cur eh ny lhie er y fuygh, as gyn veg yn aile y chur fo Bible
dy gennal blithely, cheerfully: Lurg tammylt beg va cappanyn dy caffee ain, bine dy yough neesht, as aile fuygh lostey dy gennal 'sy chiollagh. Carn
erraghyn burdens: As va ec Solomon three-feed as jeih thousaneyn va gymmyrkey erraghyn, as kiare-feed thousane ry-hoi giarey fuygh ayns ny sleityn Bible
frogh dry-rotten, perished: Honnick mee y cassan lhoobey gys y thie mooar, as ny farchailyn er,-ny blah-hieyn liauyrey gyn tomatoeyn, gyn uinnagyn as fuygh frogh ayndoo-garey gyn gareyder. Coraa
giareyderyn hewers: son nee ad marchal lesh armee, as cheet urree lesh teighyn myr giareyderyn-fuygh. Bible
gyn tushtey indiscriminating: tar-jee er-gerrey cooidjagh, shiuish scapailtee ny ashoonyn: t'ad gyn tushtey ta soiaghey seose fuygh nyn yalloo grainnit, as ta goaill padjer gys Jee nagh vod sauail. Bible
gyn veg naught: lhig daue dow y reih daue hene, as giarey eh ayns peeshyn, as cur eh ny lhie er y fuygh, as gyn veg yn aile y chur fo Bible
lhieggeyder faller, feller, knocker-down, leveller: cha vel lhieggeyder fuygh erbee er jeet seose nyn 'oï Bible
marble marble: dy chooilley horch dy hiyn fuygh smoo costal, as dy phrash, as yiarn, as marble Bible
oaddey (dy); (to) kindle: Myr ta geayl gys smarageyn loshtee, as fuygh er aile: myr shen ta peccagh anveagh dy oaddey streeu Bible
obbyr-lauee labour, handwork: son cha nee jeeghyn v'ad, agh obbyr-lauee gheiney, fuygh as clagh Bible
roomyn rooms: Trog dhyt arg jeh fuygh Gopher: roomyn nee oo y yannoo ayns yn arg, as slaa eh cheu-sthie as cheu-mooie lesh pick. Bible
scollagyn 1 school children; 2 lads a: Yn ainle ren mish y livrey veih dy chooilley olk, dy bannee eh ny scollagyn Bible; 3 children a: Ghow ad ny deiney aegey dy vlieh, as huitt ny scollagyn fo’n fuygh. Bible
tayrneyder drawer, puller, tractor: veih'n giareyder-fuygh, gys y tayrneyder-ushtey. Bible; plucker; worm
pillars (npl.) pillaryn: And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood - As nee oo croghey ad er kiare pillaryn dy fuygh-shittim Bible
stubble (n.) giare-choonlagh: Behold, they shall be as stubble - Cur-my-ner, bee ad myr y yiare-choonlagh Bible; stubble: and wilt thou pursue the dry stubble? - as jed oo geiyrt er y stubble chirrym? Bible; stubbyl: gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, stubble - airh, argid, claghyn costal, fuygh, traagh, stubbyl Bible; coau: and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble - as gowee yn gheay-chassee ersooyl ad myr y coau Bible
feniaght (=Ir. fiann) (f.) champion: Yn feniaght-hene ayns cadley vaaish, coyrt lesh er gealtyn lhean, As ayns e lhong ny hoiaghey er carnane-fuygh 'sy vean, Gyn skimmee as gyn stiureyder Coraa
gyn stiureyder pilotless, unpiloted: As ayns e lhong ny hoiaghey er carnane-fuygh 'sy vean, Gyn skimmee as gyn stiureyder, gyn shiaull as greieyn elley Coraa
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