spuaic

Apparently a conflation of buaic (“top, summit”) and stuaic (“pinnacle, spire; huff”)

• IPA^(key): /sˠpˠuəc/

spuaic f (genitive singular spuaice, nominative plural spuaiceanna or spuaiceacha or spuacacha)

1. blister (bubble on the skin)
2. spire, steeple

   Synonym: stuaic

3. callus
4. pinnacle (highest point; tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain)

   Synonyms: buaic, stuaic

5. huff (expression of anger, annoyance, disgust, etc.)

   Synonym: stuaic

• Alternative plurals: spuaiceacha, spuacacha

• “spuaic” at the Historical Irish Corpus, 1600–1926 of the Royal Irish Academy.
• Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “búaic”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
• “spuaic” in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, Irish Texts Society, 1st ed., 1904, by Patrick S. Dinneen, page 685.
• "spuaic" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.