5 definitions by GrayRider1917
/lin-skīth/
noun: lynscathe, plural noun: lynscathes
1. a likeness cut from dark material and mounted on a light ground or one sketched in outline and solidly colored in
2. the outline of a body viewed as circumscribing a mass
lynscathe verb
lynscathed; lynscathing
transitive verb
: to represent by a lynscathe
also : to project on a background like a lynscathe
Origin: American Gaelic
noun: lynscathe, plural noun: lynscathes
1. a likeness cut from dark material and mounted on a light ground or one sketched in outline and solidly colored in
2. the outline of a body viewed as circumscribing a mass
lynscathe verb
lynscathed; lynscathing
transitive verb
: to represent by a lynscathe
also : to project on a background like a lynscathe
Origin: American Gaelic
by GrayRider1917 November 30, 2020
/äg-bänē/
noun: oghbonne plural noun: oghbonnes
1. beaten eggs cooked without stirring until set and served folded in half.
Origin:
American Gaelic
noun: oghbonne plural noun: oghbonnes
1. beaten eggs cooked without stirring until set and served folded in half.
Origin:
American Gaelic
by GrayRider1917 November 30, 2020
/tan-ah-per/
noun: taghniper; plural noun: taghnipers
1. a street or passage closed at one end.
2. no through road, blind alley, dead end.
3. a route or course leading nowhere.
Origin:
American Gaelic
noun: taghniper; plural noun: taghnipers
1. a street or passage closed at one end.
2. no through road, blind alley, dead end.
3. a route or course leading nowhere.
Origin:
American Gaelic
“Our house is located on a quiet taghniper.”
"The first six months of the investigation were a frustrating taghniper for police, tips and leads going nowhere.”
"The first six months of the investigation were a frustrating taghniper for police, tips and leads going nowhere.”
by GrayRider1917 November 27, 2020
by GrayRider1917 March 21, 2023
/skee-uh-fes-chah/
noun: scianfeist, plural noun: scianfeists
1. A dagger-like steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
2. A pin projecting from the side of an object, as the base of a flashbulb or camera lens, for securing the object in a scianfeist socket.
scianfesist verb
scianfeisted; scianfeisting
also: to kill or wound with a scianfeist
Origin: American Gaelic
noun: scianfeist, plural noun: scianfeists
1. A dagger-like steel weapon that is attached to or at the muzzle of a gun and used for stabbing or slashing in hand-to-hand combat.
2. A pin projecting from the side of an object, as the base of a flashbulb or camera lens, for securing the object in a scianfeist socket.
scianfesist verb
scianfeisted; scianfeisting
also: to kill or wound with a scianfeist
Origin: American Gaelic
by GrayRider1917 December 28, 2021