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sliseag-uchd n.f.

[sliseag n. + uchd n.]

forms

singular

nominative

senses

    • The breast-beam in a weaving loom. See also garman-uchd n.  

      • 1908
        An Deo-gréine III No. 7. 151
        Garmainn-uchd, breast beam, Argyll, K.G. Sliseag-uchd, idem, Hebrides, K.G.
      • 1982
        Creachadh na Clàrsaich 138
        Is chunnaic mi thu ’na do bheairt | an taigh-cùil is glas air: | thainig bodach eòlach á Glaschu | a dhearbhadh dè bh’ unnad, | is dh’aithnich e […] | an t-sliseag-uchd a bha dlùth ri broilleach.