snaim

-ean & -eannan, sm Knot, tie. 2 Difficulty, puzzle. 3 Bunch. Daoine a dh'fhuasgladh gach snaim, men who would solve every difficulty.
1 Lùbag cas-laoigh, a half-hitch knot.
2 Lùb-ruith, a running-knot.
3 Snaim a' bhanna, a reef-knot, a square knot.
4 Snaim a' bhreabadair, the weaver's knot.
5 Snaim a' bhuailtein, the clove-hitch.
6 Snaim an fhigheadair, the weaver's knot.
7 Snaim an t-seòladair, the reef-knot.
8 Snaim calpa an dubhain, the knot put on fishing-hooks' shanks.
9 Snaim calpa an dula, half hitch on the loop.
10 Snaim casa-caorach, sheep-shank knot.
11 Snaim-chaillich, granny's knot.
12 Snaim chruaidh, a hard knot.
13 Snaim do sheanmhar, your granny's knot.
14 Snaim gartain, knot used when garters were fastened outside the stocking. It is illustrated in Logan's “Scottish Gael,” 2^nd ed., vol. 1, p. 205. Cladaich, Lochawe, was a famous place for knitting garters.
15 Snaim na banaraich, the milkmaid's knot — the way she fastens her dress at the back after lifting it.
16 Snaim-ruith, a slip-knot, running knot.
17 Snaim snòda, the knot put on the snoods of horse-hair.
[Names of knots, Nos. 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16 & 17 from DMy; 4, 7 & 11 from AH and 14 from “Fionn”.]

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