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àtha, pl -an, & -annan, sf Kiln. Nuair a bha sinn san àth le chéile, when we were in the kiln together; air son mo chuid-sa dhen ghràn gabhadh an àth teine, for my part of the grain let the kiln take fire.
Parts of a kiln:
1. Builg, s Receptacle.
2. Casaid, sf Receptacle.
3. Cealach, sm Fireplace and up to the eye of a kiln.
4. Coileach, sm as 3, above.
5. Crotag, sf Stone for making barley ready for broth (eòrn-crotaig) 18 inches high and 15 inches in diameter, with a round opening in the centre about 1 foot deep, by 7 or 8 inches wide. In the natural order of things the mill is merely an adjunct of the kiln.
6. Fiodhrach-tarsaing, sm Cross-sticks of the kiln.
7. Leac a’ chealaich, sf Flagstone of a kiln.
8. Leac an tealaich, sf Another name for the flagstone of a kiln. The stone is laid over the mouth of the cealach, see above, to prevent straw or wind getting to the fire.
9. Maide-sùirn, sm Stick over the flue or eye, which supports the fiodhrach-tarsaing, or cross-sticks. It got its name because both ends were placed on stones (dà-shòrnach).
10. Poll-suathaidh, (AF) sm The rubbing-pool of a kiln. A slab 3 feet in height and 4 inches thick, where dried corn was trodden out to separate the “bristles” from the corn.
11. Sinridean, (AF) spl or sìrnearan (AF) spl Pieces of wood placed across the slugan (see below).
12. Slugan, sm (AF) Opening of the kiln whereon the corn to be dried is laid.
13. Stràbhag, sf diminutive of stràbh, straw. Straw laid on wood under the grain.
14. Surrag, sf The eye or vent of a kiln.
15. Tìoradh, sm Drying on a kiln.
16. Uchd-làr, s The floor of a kiln round the eye.


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