liaghra
sf Two sticks crossed together in the centre and set on a swivel-pin in a block of wood called the stoc. A pin of wood is fixed in each of the four extremities of the sticks, and round this a hank of thread is placed which is unravelled and made into a ball, as the operator spins the instrument round. Thread-winder. Also called “crann-tachrais”; na sgiathan in Caithness, crois-iarna in Gairloch, eachan (little horse) in Argyll, crois-lìonraidh in Lewis and bodach-sgiathan in Suth'd.
Parts of a liaghra:
1. Stob na liaghra, sm Pin on which the reel revolves.
2. Am bonn, s The stock.
3. Na trì casan, sf pl The three feet.
4. Ceirsle, sf The clew.
5. An iarna, sf The hank.
6. Liadhan na crois, sf pl The blades or ladles of the cross.
7. Biorain, sm pl Pins to stretch the hank.
8. Na tuill, sm pl Holes for pins.
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