doras

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a door, an opening. uaimh éndorais, a cave with a single opening, 112. Metaphorical uses: doras gleóidhdoras áigh, 665-8 n.; re doirsibh gaillbhérla, 681-4 n.; um dhoirsibh fhearann Oirghiall, 1456; doirse baoghail, perilous gaps (cf. bearna baoghail), 1458; doirse gliadh, 2783.

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