n
hair (of animals), bristles ; a bristle :
gūaire .i. ...
gairci,
Corm. Y 729
.
innus con-anfad ubull fortamail ...
for gach gūaire garb gráinemail dī,
Fianaig. 66.8
.
guaire
aitenndai fair,
Lism. L. 3798
.
o'tchuala an peisd iat, ...
adracht a guairi fuirre,
ib. 2212
.
finn ar guairi cullaigh
allaidh,
IT iii1 86 § 85
.
guaire .i. folt fionn,
Metr. Gl. 16 § 41
(see
ZCP vii 365
).
guaire .i. folt,
O'Cl.
aighidh (gach air) gid
act go nguaire glantair,
Ériu xiii 13.5
=
aigead gach airgit
acht gu nguaire glantair,
O'Curry 1877
(
23 P 3 21 [23]b
) ; gl.
amail a dath fein d'aghaid in airgit acht go nglantar he gu
nguaire muici,
Ériu xiii 58.13
. Of an eyelash
:
nó go ndúin an guaire ag Gofraidh | 'mun súil 'until Gofraidh's bristle closes about his ... eye',
Giolla Brighde 58 § 19
. ? To this :
noesbla .i. crich
inacoisce guire noise no seasca i fidh no a muig,
Laws iv
142.23
= crich inchoisce guaire noise no sesca a boundary
which hair of ... or dry stock serves to define (?),
O'Curry 33
(
H 3.18, 14a
). a bristle used by shoemakers :
an guaire
shnadhmuigh a lasca 's a sála | guaire clúimh,
ITS iii 102.25
,
26 (2nd ed.).