Noun
One of the four stomachs of a ruminating animal; rumen; paunch.
Usage- UK usage
- dialectal
Noun
A long-handed spade, especially used for turf.
Usage- Ireland
- Examples
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Preparation, burning, facks and mattocks.
More examples (2)
Tom, in his hurry, had nivir minded the bringin' a fack wid him, so he thought to run home and fetch one, an' that he might know the place agin, he tuk aff one o' his red garthers, and tied it round the bolyawn.
[B]een diggin' into the granite haart of my counthry wud a fack or spade, and a pickaxe, or maybe a plow or a scuffle whin a neighbour'd lind thim, and my loved counthry gev me back - what you're lookin' at this minit.