barnaugh

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Etymology

Borrowed from Irish bairneach. Related to English barnacle.

Pronunciation

Noun

barnaugh

  1. limpet, shellfish
    Synonym: bringawn
    • 1867, “A YOLA ZONG”, in SONGS, ETC. IN THE DIALECT OF FORTH AND BARGY, number 11, page 88:
      Wode zar; mot, all arkagh var ee barnaugh-blowe,
      Would serve; but, all eager for the barnagh-stroke,

Derived terms

References

  • Jacob Poole (d. 1827) (before 1828) William Barnes, editor, A Glossary, With some Pieces of Verse, of the old Dialect of the English Colony in the Baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, London: J. Russell Smith, published 1867, page 24
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