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cual

-uail, -uailtean, sf Faggot. 2 Burden of sticks. 3 Back-load. 4(AF) Herds, cattle. †5 see gual. Cual chonnaidh, a faggot of firewood; cleas gille nan cual, cual bheag is tighinn tric, the carriers' motto — little at a time and coming often; a' chual chrò, a door of heather, always used in the sheepfolds and in the airidhs and in old houses in Gaeldom — cuir a' chual (or a' ghual) san doras, shut the door — (WC) [** gives “an cual chrò, the sheepfold,” which appears to be incorrect both in gender and meaning]. Cual fhraoich, bundle of heather of certain dimensions, tied up with ropes made of birch switches (a' bharrach). The ropes were exactly six feet long with loops at end for tying — (WC).

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