urchar, m. (gs. & npl. -air, gpl. ~). Cast, shot. ~ cloiche, sleá, cast of stone, of spear. ~ gunna, piostail, gunshot, pistol-shot. ~ díslí, cast of dice. ~ spóil, throw of shuttle (in loom). ~ a scaoileadh, to fire a shot. Tá an t-~ deireanach scaoilte aige, he has shot his bolt. ~ reatha a thabhairt faoi rud, to take a pot-shot at sth. Tá ~ maith aige, he is a good shot, has a good aim. Theilg sé fad a urchair uaidh é, he flung it from him as far as he could throw it. Bhí siad fad urchair uainn, they were a stone’s throw away from us. Nuair a thángamar faoi fhad urchair dóibh, when we came within range of them. D’imigh sé d’~, he went off like a shot. D’~ neimhe, like a bolt from the blue. Folk:~ cnoic, ~ díobhaill, ~ millte, ‘fairy dart’, louping-ill. Tá ~ mór aige go mbuafaidh sé an cás, he is going to have a good shot at winning the case. S.a. abhaill, bodach 1, sopóg 1.