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caigeann

-inn, -an [& caignichean,] sf Pair, couple, brace, (used only of animals and when bound together). 2‡‡ Couple, machine for taming wild goats by binding them in pairs. 3(CR) Two fish caught at the same time on one hand-line. 4(CR) Two sheep with their heads tied together and also their tails, so as to be driven easily - West of Ross-shire. 5(CR) Used of two things that have become interlocked or entangled. If, for example, two parts trying to pass did not clear one another, it would be said rinn iad caigeann. [Governs the singular].


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