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gruagach

-aich, -aichean, sf Young woman, maiden, virgin. 2 in derision Man with long hair. 3 Bridesmaid. 4** Bridegroom's maid. 5** rarely Chief of a place. 6 Supposed household goddess. 7†† sm Brownie. 8 Horizontal bar bearing supports of flyers of spinning-wheel. Ghràdhaich e a' ghruag, he loved the virgin; na gruagaichean laghach, the pretty maidens; cha ghruagaichean gu léir air am bi am falt fhéin, all are not virgins who wear their own hair — of old, young women in Gaeldom were wont to go bare-headed until after marriage or after child-bearing.

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