TORTHAÍ
IN FOCLÓIR GAEILGE—BÉARLA
scáinte, a3. 1. pp. of scáin. 2. Thin, sparse; skinny, scraggy; threadbare. Gruaig ~, thin hair. Barra ~, sparse crops. Cré ~, scanty soil. Fiacla ~, gapped teeth. Casóg ~, threadbare coat. Saothar ~, sketchy work. Beithíoch ~, scraggy beast. 3 :scáineadh.