TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
miotal, m. (gs. & npl. -ail, gpl. ~). 1. Metal. (a) ~ lómhar, uasal, noble metal. ~ neamhlómhar, base metal. ~ gunna, gun metal. ~ monaidh, coinage metal. ~ alcaile, alkali metal. ~ cré-alcaileach, alkali-earth metal. ~ trom, heavy metal. Cábla miotail, metal cable. (b) Hard, solid, material. ~ róid, road-metal. Lit: Mionnaí gan mhiotal, insubstantial oaths. 2. Mettle, spirit; hardihood. ~ a bheith ionat, to be mettlesome; to be hardy. Tá ~ ina chnámha, he is as hard as nails.
ABAIRTÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
~ ar phéint, ar mhiotal, blister on paint, on metal.
Miotal a chnaí, to corrode metal.
~ óir a chur faoi mhiotal, to wash a metal with gold.
~ i miotal, bad ore, substance, in metal.
Miotal ~, honeycombed metal.
Miotal gan ghaibhneacht, unwrought metal.
Miotal a ghaibhniú, to forge metal.
Ag obair le miotal, working in metal.
~ páipéir, gloine, miotail, sheet of paper, of glass, of metal.
Miotal a ~adh, to file, smooth, metal.
~ ar mhiotal, assay of metal.
Miotal a mhúchadh, to quench metal.
Miotal a mhúnlú, to mould metal.
~ gloine, miotail, glass-, metal-, worker.
Miotal a oibriú, to work metal.
~ teasa ar mhiotal, the action of heat on metal.
~ mhiotail, (metal) dross.
Miotal a sciomradh, to scour metal.
~ gloine, miotail, sheet of glass, of metal.
~ ar mhiotal, tarnish on metal.
Miotail a stánú, to tin metals.
~ ar mhiotal, fatigue in metal.
Miotal ~, light-section metal.
Miotal a tháthú, to weld metal.
Miotal a theilgean, to cast metal.
~ miotail, cast of metal.
Miotal ~, heavy-gauge metal.