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.'THE GAEL,ENGLISH DEPARTMENT.DEOElSdlBEI^, 1373.GAELIC PHILOLOGY.NOTES BY THE REV. ALEX CAMERON.(Contumed from page 282. J144. Meat or meata (feeble, fainthearted)is akin to Ger. matt (weary,in matt explains the absence of aspirationin meat or meata althoughflanked by vowels.145. Crom; Ger. krumm; Eng.crum^).Crom (crooked) = W. crwm (bending;fern, crom) and corresponds toGer. krumm (crooked, cui-ved), LowDut. kroifii (crooked), A.S. crumb orcrumji (crooked, crumped), Eng.crurivp.Of. Wedgwood's Dictionary.146. Gla,n and cleau.Glan (clean) = W. gldn and is cognatewith Ice. glan (to shine, polish),A.S. clcnn (pure), Eng. clean (lit.polished, shining).147. Asal and oss, easel.u4srt^(ass; in Middle Gael, assal)corres]3onds to W. asyn, Ger. esel,Goth, asilus, Litli. asilas. It is regardedby Stokes as standing for asan, andas having been taken from Lat.asinus. Ass is from A.S. assa, Lat.asiiius. The Gr. is onos for hosnos(cf. Stokes' Ir. Glosses, p. 66). £asel(the frame on which painters supportthen- pictures) is from Ger. esel (anass). Stokes does not consider asala Celtic word, for if it were thevowel-flanked s woidd have been lostin Irish.148. Connlach and catie.Connlach. (straw, stubble) is fromconn, which corresponds to Lat.canna (reed, cane ; — Gr. kaiina) andthe termination lach (for which cfZ. G. C, p. 855). Cane is from Lat.canna. Cf. Stokes' Ir. luriossesj p.157. Cf. W. cawn, catonen (reedgrass).149. Fut and butt.(push, thrust) - W. piotio (toFlitfaint, weak). TJie duplication of t thrust; from iJwt, a blvmt short truncheon,and corresponds to Fr. bouter(to thrust), Ital. botto (a blow, stroke),Lang, buta (to strike), Eng. butt (tostrike with the head like a goat orram). For Gael. }) = Eng. b cf. i^utanand button.150. Slug (to swallow) may becompared with Dut. slockken (toswallow), Ger. schlucken (to SM'allow),scldung (the act of swallowing), W.llwngc or llunc (a swallowing).151Sloe or slochd (a hollow place,pit) may be compared with Ger.sclilucJit (a hollow, a cavity), A.S.slog (a hollow place), Eng. slough (ahollow filled with mud, bog). Sloeis connected vnth slug (to swallow).152. Sgaoil (to loose, unsew) correspondsto Scot, skail (to unsew).Low Dut. schelen, A.S. sci/lan (toseparate, divide), Swed. skilja (todivide), Ice. skllia (to separate).153. Sgath (to destroy, injure,hurt) may be compared with Ger.schadeii (to injure, hurt). GaeL. ^=.Ger. d by rule/ Cf tri (three) anddrei ;• tu (thou) and du ; tàbig(thanks) and da/tik.154. Syal and squall, squeal.Sgal (a shriek, a loud shrill cry)maybe coui2iared withGer.sc/ta//e?i(tosound, to resound), Old Ice. squala(to scream, cry, make a noise), Swed.sqvdla (to squeal), Eng. squall andsqueal.155. Fian nnù. 2MÌn.Fian (pain; =^:»e/?a^ is from Lat.