TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
deascán, m. (gs. & npl. -áin, gpl. ~). 1. (a) Deposit, sediment. ~ a dhéanamh, (of liquid) to leave a deposit, dregs. (b) Ch: Precipitate. 2. Gleanings. Deascáin a bhailiú, to glean straws. 3. Collection, accumulation; (small) quantity, handful; small group. ~ tuí, éisc, quantity of straw, of fish. Deascáin a dhéanamh de rud, to make small heaps of sth. Tá a dheascán déanta aige, he has made his pile. ~ daoine, little group of people. S.a. méarán1 2 (b).