sluasaid, f. (gs. -uaiste, pl. -uaistí).1. Shovel. ~ ghuail, coal-scoop. ~ náibhíochta, excavating shovel. F:Ní chuirfeá amach ar shluasaid é, he is not worth bothering about. 2. Shovelful. ~ chréafóige, shovelful of earth. Go dté (na)trí shluasaid, trí urchar na sluaiste, orm, until my body is committed to the earth. (Var:gs. ~e; sluasad f)