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coileach

-lich, sm Cock. 2 Barn-cock. 3 Rill of water. 4 Eddy, rapids. 5(CR) White crest on the waves — W. of Ross. 6(AH) The apex of a thatched hay- or corn-stack. Ann an coileach an t-sruith, in the eddy of the stream; 2 in a serious predicament; tha coileach air (na tuinn) an-diugh, the waves are white-crested today; is binn uiseag 'sa chamhanaich, ach is binne coileach 'sa mheadhan-oidhche, sweet is the lark at dawn, but sweeter the cock at midnight —when the cock begins to crow, the ghosts, &c. disappear.

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interrupt 50
coileach 100
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