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lìth

-e, -ean, sf see lì. 2** Pool, stagnant water. 3(MS) Greasiness. 4(WC) Fat on top of soup or broth. 5(CR) sf Grease for smearing — Skye. Tha an fheòil anns a' phoit gun an lìth thairis, the flesh is in the pot and the water not covering it (the flesh) completely — from one of Campbell's Tales, in which, because the water in the pot did not cover the fish completely, a blister arose on the fish. Fingal, then a boy, put his wet finger on the blister with the well known result that he ever after, upon sucking this finger, obtained any information he wished.

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