Headwords

bior, leá

Description

Gné dealaithe, dínasctha, scartha.

Corpus examples

• Dá ndeintí an tsíothcháin bheadh, dar leó, caoi acu, mar ba ghnáth, ar uisge fé thalamh a dhéanamh idir na cineálaibh Gaedhlacha. Bheadh an donas ar an sgéal nú do thiocfadh leó luath nú mall, an bior leighe do chur sa ndlúth-cheangal a bhí deanta ag Ó Domhnaill ar na cinéalaibh sin agus iad do chur an arís ag stracadh na bpíopán as a chéile.

Additional explanation

• Bior chun iad a scarradh óna chéile; díng.

Additional examples

• Bior-leighe, or bior-a-leighe, an iron bar used for the purpose of melting tallow, in order to make wicks for lighting. When an action, or a course of action, has a disintegrating effect, whether morally or physically, upon what it comes into contact with, it is called a bior-a-leighe. Some people seem to have a talent for ruining anything they put their hands to. That talent is known as bior-a-leighe.

• leighe: a form of leaghadh; bior leighe, a soldering iron; fig. a disintegrative element.