féar, m. (gs. féir, npl. ~a, gpl. ~). 1. Grass; hay. ~ a bhaint, to cut grass, hay. ~ a dhéanamh, a shábháil, to make, save, hay. ~ corráin, speile, grass suitable for cutting with reaping-hook, with scythe. ~ ar a chos, standing hay. ~ tirim, dry grass; saved hay. ~ altach, glúiníneach, knot-grass. ~ boirne, blue moor-grass. ~ caorach, sheep’s fescue. ~ capaill, cat’s-tail grass. ~ an chinn bháin, Yorkshire fog. ~ claise, díge, grass growing on sides of ditch. ~ coirce, oat-grass. ~ cumhra, sweet vernal grass. ~ aille, ‘cliff-grass’, tough grass unsuitable for feeding purposes. Chomh tur le ~ aille, completely unappetizing. ~ gaoil, couch-grass, scutch. ~ garbh, rough grass. ~ gortach, quaking-grass. F:Tháinig ~ gortach orm, I was overcome with hunger. ~ luifearnach, weedy grass. ~ mara, seagrass. ~ milis, sweet grass; young, juicy, grass. ~ muiléid, millet-grass. Talamh a ligean chun féir, to let land out into grass. Eallach a chur ar ~, to put cattle out to grass. ~ bó, grazing for one cow. Le teacht an fhéir, when the grass begins to grow, in the spring. (Síos) go ~, go barr an fhéir, down to the ground. Bhí sé ag cur féir (is uisce) óna chosa, he was travelling fast. Ag tabhairt an fhéir, under the sod, in the grave. S.a. capall 1, dallóg 2(a), luch 1. 2. ~ gliomach, long white ribbons of seaweed.