céir
-e, sf Wax. 2 Wax candle. 3 Buttock. Mar leaghas teine céir, as fire melts wax; coinneal chéir, a wax candle; céir an fhéidh, the deer's buttock; gu ma h-ann [corruption of "gum bu ann" an old optative subj]. a bhios do leac gun fhuaim chlàrsaich, gun lasair chéire, may your fireside be without music of harp or light of candle, — Filidh, p. 61; bu chòidheis (coimh-dheas) céir leat no cabar, all the same to you whether it is wax or a wooden beam — meaning that the person spoken to would fashion a wooden beam as easily as a piece of wax.
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