Sunday, 26 June 2011

What's Not To Like About Dinneen's Dictionary?



botún  –  a smith’s paring knife; an unfledged bird; an irreparable mistake.

dúdóg  – a box on the ear;  a small horn or trumpet: a tobacco pipe; a pinch of snuff.

fearb  –  a welt; a stripe; a blotch caused by a satire; the peg-box of a violin.


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