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cliath

gen cléithe, dat. cléith, npl cliathan [& cleith] dat. pl. cliathaibh sf Harrow. 2 Grate. 3 Lattice. 4 Casement 5 Battalion. 6 Shoal, as of fishes. 7 Darning of a stocking. 8‡ Worm of a still. 9 Body, multitude. 10 Hurdle, as for fulling cloth. 11 Hurdle, as used in fencing. 12 Weir for salmon. — Lewis. 13 Strong stockade constructed of wood or wattle and erected in olden times to protect "meanbh-chrodh" (small cattle, as sheep, goats, &c.), from the ravages of wild animals. 14†† Set of oars. 15‡‡ Treadles of a loom. 16 Certain use of the fingers in playing bagpipe and other music. 17 Sometimes used for cliabh. 18 Frame put on a cart for carrying hay or straw. Stann-cléithe, a worm-vat; cliath éisg, a creel or school of fish; cliath chliata, a harrow; troimh mo chléith, through my casement; cuid an t-searraich dhen chliath, the foal's share of the harrow i.e. idleness, as the foal only follows its mother when at work; thug e leis a' chliath agus na h-ursainnean, he took the door and lintels with him.

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