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maidjey (=Ir.,Sc.G. maide) 1 bat, club, cue, lever, pitprop, pointer, pole, rod, stick, straddle a: goym's maidjey Yoseph t'ayns laue Ephraim Bible; 2 (in stable) bail; 3 (on doorway) bar; 4 boarding; 5 wooden: Ny my nee eh bwoalley eh lesh wappin-maidjey Bible [O.Ir. maide]
maidjey raue oar: Myr shen beign dooin goaill maidjey raue ayns ny laueyn ain as gymmyrt daa veeilley dys y phurt, baatyn beg as y baatey sauailagh mygeayrt y mooin. GK
alpenstock (n.) maidjey Alpagh
brace bann: Brace a drum - Dollan y hionnaghey. DF idiom; beemyl; brash; brashlagh; brashlagh drommey; chionneyder; cubbyl, jees, piyr; maidjey coonee; quing; tead king; (v.) chionnaghey, cur bann er, cur maidjey coonee rish, cur quing er, cur tead king er, niartaghey
bat1 (n.) bad, maidjey; (v.) baddal; (n.) craitnag: He is as blind as a bat - T'eh cha kyagh as craitnag. DF idiom
carpenter (n.) fer milley maidjey; seyr: He is a poor carpenter - T'eh bleih dy seyr. DF idiom; seyir: You are a halfling of a carpenter - T'ou uss bleih dy seyir. DF idiom
narrow (adj.) beg, chion, neurheamyssagh; keyl: Narrow stick - Maidjey keyl. DF idiom; coon: The narrow glen - Yn ghlion choon. DF idiom; cooney: Narrow tables - Buird cooney. DF idiom; (gen.) keylley; (v.) coonaghey, keyllaghey
pole ard; croan: Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole - Jean ard-nieu ailagh, as soie seose eh er croan Bible; lhoo; lorg; luir; maidjey; poull; sthouyr; sthowyr; queig dy lieh stundayrtyn
see-saw (n.) laair vaidjey, maidjey corragh; (v.) leaystey: With a see-saw motion - Leaystey seose as neose. DF idiom
stern arbyl, lieh jerree; groamagh; loghtal; jerrey: She sank by the stern - Hie ee fo lurg e jerrey. DF idiom; jerree: Stern oar - Maidjey jerree. DF idiom
tie1 cheet corrym, cloie corrym; cur eiystyr er; kiangley; maidjey kianglee; sniemmey; kiangle: Tie your shoes tight - Kiangle nyn mraagyn dy-chionn. JJK idiom
pilotyn pilots: As ooilley adsyn ta loaghtey yn maidjey-raue, ny shiolteyryn, as ooilley pilotyn ny marrey Bible
straddle (n.) maidjey, scarrey goal; (v.) shassoo scart; soie scart: To straddle a chair - Dy hoie scart er caair. DF idiom; scarrey: To straddle a horse - Dy scarrey er chabbyl. DF idiom; bwoalley daaheuagh: To straddle a target - Dy woalley er yn daa heu jeh. DF idiom
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