druim

sm irreg. Declined thus:—

	Sing.	Plur.
Nom.	druim	dromannan
Gen.	droma	dhromannan
Dat.	druim	dromannan
Voc.	a dhruim!	a dhromannan!

Back of men or of animals. 2 Ridge of a hill. 3 Roof. 4 Keel of a ship, see bàta, F9, p.73. 5** Surface. 6(CR) Beam of a plough. 7(CR) First furrows of a ridge. [6 & 7 W. of Ross-shire]. 8(AH) Crown, in ploughing. Cuir a-staigh druim, form a crown (in ploughing); cnàimh an droma, the backbone; Taigh an Droma, the placename Tyndrum (the house of the ridge); do dhruim nan amadan, for the back of fools; gun druim ach athar, without roof but the sky; air druim a' chuain, on the face of the sea, in the offing; druim nan speur, the vault of heaven; air claisneach a dhroma air leacan loma an ùrlair, on the furrow of his back on (the) bare flags of the floor; druim uachdarach a' chàirein, the palate or roof of the mouth; ann an dromannan a chéile, wrestling; an druim fada, name of a hill in Corpach.

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