Quote Originally Posted by EagleJCS View Post
The online dictionaries I checked (and I checked 2-3 each) indicate there is no such word in either Scots Gaelic nor Irish Gaelic. I suggest it is indeed the English word meaning 'old woman' or 'hag'. Sorry.
That is how I would use the word and is quite old fashioned and rarely used these days-----think W. Shakespeare's "Macbeth" and is mildly uncomplimentary.