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dearg

deirge, a Red, ruddy. 2 Flaming. 3 Red-hot. 4 Real, very, intense, inveterate. 5 Violent. 6 Downright mad. 7* Most abandoned or notorious. 8 Complete. 9** Bitter. 10** Severe. 11** Turned or ploughed. 12†† Impetuous. 13 Gules, in heraldry, represented by perpendicular lines, see illust. Dearg amadan, a complete fool; dearg mhèirleach, a notorious thief; dearg strìopach, a most abandoned strumpet, prostitute; dearg mar fhuil, red as blood; air an dearg chuthach, stark mad; talamh dearg, turned or ploughed land; feòil dhearg, red or raw flesh. [Dearg is often prefixed to a noun when it is required to express an extraordinary degree of guilt, &c., as, tha an dearg-chiontach saor, the glaringly guilty is free; tha an dearg chuthach air, he is mad with rage.


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