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! man-fiadhaich
cathaidh" is rendered "hoop" in A. Mac-
Donald's vocabulary.
coille,(McL & D) s. m. Wood-pigeon,
ring-dove, cushat.
;--coille-fearan.T Ring-dove, see cal-
1.
!--creige.(AF) Rock-dove, see smudan.
.--de, s.m. Butterfly.
i--nadhaicb.^T s.m. Ring-d'>ve, wood-pi-
colurnba palumbus. 2 Stock-dove, see
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caiman
rvscits acnleafus. [Said to be the badge of callais,**
the Hntherlands, but it is not indigenous to
s.f. Buffoonery.
K-allait, see gairui.
the Highlands, and it is doubtful if a plant fcallamh, a. supple, flexible, pliant.
of it exisred there when this clan was powerful
500 years ago.]
Prating, babbling. 3* Absurd hammering
callan, -ain, s.r.i. Noise, clamour, shouting. 2
at anything. 4(AH
vConstant repetition of a
word or phrase. 5vDU} Moisy group, applied
to a gossiping assembly. [Sonietiines used
for cahitn.]
callanach, -aiche, a. Noisy, clamorous.
caJlathar,(CB) Gaelic spelling of "caller." Cho
callatliar ris a' bhreac, a*' healthy as the trout,.
call-chircein, s.m. Shuttlecock.
callda, a. see calla.
calldach, -aich, -aifhean, s.m. Loss, detriment,
damage. 2 Calamity. 3 Succ -ssion of losses.
Ni e sua an c., he will makc\up the loss.
-,* a. Losing, ruinous.
-d,* see calldach.
102. Calg-bhsalaidh.
calg-bbior, -a, -an, s.m. Barbed weapon. 2
Point of a
--
.*p>;'r.
ach, -ait-he, a. Barbed, crenated.
calg-bhrudhainn, s.m. Butcher's broom, see
ca'g-bhealaidh.
calg-dhlreach, -eiche, a. Direct, straight as an
arrow. 2**Coutrary, against the grain.
adv. ----, Directly, quite. 2*Hlack
sheet, rigVit l.cfore the wind. Calg-dhAreacb
an aghaidli a che"ile, directly opposite each
oihcr.
ca!-gruidhean, -ein, s.m. (gru-dhean, rjrainlilcr
jbncerg) Cauliflower.
call, -a, s.m. Losing, dropping. 2 Loss, dam-
M.ge, detriment. 3 Calamity. 4 Privation,
destitution. Is m