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Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy. 



GLOSSARY OF LOCAL MILLING TERMS. 



Qmmapin, . 



. a little trough. 



Qie, 



. a kiln. 



bpo, . 



. a millstone. 



Clabaipe, . 



. babler. The stone fixed to the rocker. 



Gorilla, 



. sluice or floodgate. 



Cpannos, . 



. hopper. 



Cpoip lapain, 



. cross of iron. Pin with branched top which con- 

 nects the shaft with the upper stone. 



Cuib, . 



. a small hollow truncated cone of wood on the 

 crusheerin pin to prevent the corn from falling 

 down the aperture in the lower stone. 



t)poiceat), . 



. bridge. The horizontal beam which carries the 



weight of the water-wheel, &c., and is raised 

 or lowered at one end by the shole. The 

 mweela is sunk in the bridge. Also the beam 

 which supports the spindle in a vertical wheel 

 mill. 



peappaiD, 



poniipa, 



p]. ponnpai6e, 



^h€m^ or lem, 



^•'LiarndTi,pl.LLam- 

 af or Liamai&e, 

 Lidn, . 



^niaola, . 



niol, . 



ITIuillionn coin le 

 Idip, 



spindle. The bottom iron or gudgeon of the mol 

 or shaft, revolving on the mweela. Pro- 

 nounced farsudh. 



hoop, hoops. 



(Pronounced lyane, y obscure.) The enclosure 

 into which the meal is thrown by the stones. 



the rafter of a kiln. 



the ladle of a horizontal wheel. O'Reilly gives 

 Lia6, a ladle. Lia6dn ? 



pronounced mweela. The iron or stone socket 

 sunk in the bridge, on which the farsudh 

 revolves. 



mill-shaft. 



mill with bottom on the middle. I^ame for a 

 ' gig-mill.' 



