Sources: Irish English Dictionary, Patrick Dinneen, Irish Text Society and Dictionary of the Irish Language, Royal Irish Academy.

Caora: a sheep, an ewe
Cnábaire: hemp or flax breaker
Cnaí: fleece
Cnáib: hemp
Cuicél: distaff
Deilbh: warp
Druinenech: embroiderer, skillful woman
Fearsad: spindle
Fige: weaving
Figte: woven, twisted, plaited; composed as poetry
Iomairt: (Scottish Gaelic) play, game, conflict, confusion, danger.
Lin: 1) linen, cloth, thread. 2) a fishing net, hunting net or snare. 3) a protective net.
Linaid: to fill; to endow spiritually; to fulfill a prophecy or promise.
Neanntóg: nettle
Olann: wool
Seol: loom, sail, birth-bed
Seolad; teaching, guiding
Sio/da: silk
Tuar or Túar: 1) a bleach green or yard. 2) an omen, a sign, prophesizing. 3) meriting, deserving.
Tuírne: a spinning wheel, a wool wheel, a flax wheel
Uige: web
 
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