A dictionary of the Gaelic language, in two parts, I. Gaelic and ...

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Waitin, 7)1. pl. Vide Bàtachan, ;;/. of
Bàta.
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h-oidhche, the dead silence of night.
BALBHAG, -aiq, -aw, «./. a pebble, a
small stone.
BALBH AN, -ain, -an, s. ?n. A dumb
person.
BALBHANACHD, s.f. Dumbness, muteness,
dumb show.
BALC, -AiLC, s.f. A balk; a boundary;
a ridge of earth between two furrows ; also
the crusty surface of the earth occasioned
by long heat.
+ Balc, adj. Strong, stout, lusty, sturdy.
BALC AC H, -AicHE, adj. Splay-footed.
BALCAICHE, s.f. Splay footedness.
BALCANTA, adj. Stout, firm, strong,
brawny, muscular.
BALC-CHASACH, adj. Vide Balcach.
BALCMHOR, -oiRE.arf;. Great, corpulent.
BALG, BUILG, s. m. A leather bag, a
budget, a wallet, sciip, satchel ; belly
the womb ; a blister on the skin. Vide Bolg.
BALG, or Bn!g is an ancient Celtic vocable,
and in every language where it is used,
has the same signification as in Gaelic.
The ancient Gauls and Britons used it to
denote a wallet, quiver, &c. &c.
BALG-ABHRAIS, s. m. A wool bug.
IbALGACH, -AICHE, adj. Full of bags;
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f Baitin, -e, -ean, X. OT. A small stick like a bag, like a wallet ; bellied.
fìim. ot' Bata.
jBALGAlCH, V. a. Belly out, as a sail;
BAITINEACHD, s. f. ind. Beatiug with stow in a bag or satchel.
a stick.
BALGAlR, -E, -EAN, s. m. A fox; also in
f Bal, 5. ni. A lord ; the sun. Vide Beal. contempt, a cunning fellow; a dog; an
B ALACH,-AicH, s. //(.(contra, forbà-laoch.}
A clown, a peasant ot' the lower class, a
impudent person.
BALGAIREACHD, s. f. Slyness, cunyoung
man, a fellow, a stuidj- fellow, a ning, craftiness.
idd. Balach na h-aimhreite, o iiame given BALG AIRE AN, n. pl. of Balgair. Foxes.
Lo a quarrelsomefelluw,
BALGAN, -AIN, dim. of Balg. A little
BALACHAIL, adj. Clownish; boyish, bag, &c.
puerile; vulgar, clumsy, ungainly. BALGAN-SÈIDIDH, 4. m. A small pair
BALACHAN, -ain, -an, Ì. m. (dim. of of bellows.
Balach) A boy, a young boy, a little boy. BALGAN-BEICE, s. m. A fuzz-ball, the
BALACHANAS, s. 7/i. Boyhood. The age spongy mushroom.
succeeding childhood.
BALGAN-SNAMHA, j. 7«. The air blad-
BALACHAlN,^e/i. iin-. and pi. of Balder or bulb in fishes.
achan.
BALGAN- UlSGE, s. m. A water bubble.
t Baladh, s.m. Smell, odour. Vide Boladh.
BALAIST, s. m. Ballast.
BALG-BHRONNACH,af/7.Swag-bellied.
BALG-CHASACH or CHOSACH, adj.
tBALAiGHE, s.f. Advantage, profit, thrift.
BAL A GAM, -aim, s. vi. A mouthful; a
Bow-legged, bandy-legged.
BALG-LOSGUINN, i. 7?». A mushroomsip,
a gulp of any liquid.
BALAOCH, -oiCH, s. m. (i. e. bà-laoch, a
cow-herd.) A boy, lad, clown. Vide Balach
and Balachan.
BALBH, adj. BAILBHE. Dumb, mute,
silent, quiet, at peace.
BALBHACHD, s. f. ind. Dumbness,
muteness, silence. Marbh bhalbhachd na
Scot, puddock- stool.
BALG-SAIGHID, i. m. A quiver. Vide
Bolg-Saigheid.
BALG-SÈipiDH, s. m. A pair of bellows.
BALG-SHUIL, s. /'.A large prominent eye.
BALG-SHUI LEACH, adj. Having large,
round, prominent eyes.
BALGUM, -uiJi, -ANNAN, s. VI. A mouthful
of any liquid. Vide Balagam.
t Ball, s. m. A skull.
BAhh, gen. BUILL, s. tn. A member, a
limb, a member of society ; an instrumeut,
tool or implement ; a ball, a foot-ball ; a
spot, a plat of ground, a place ; a cable ;
the male instrument of generation ; any
part of male or female dress, &c. " Ball-
bùirte," A butt, an object of derision. " Ball
cluaise," A sheet rope, fore-sheet. "Ball
coise," afoot-ball. "Balldeise," " Ball-fear-
ais," membrum virile. " Ball-dòbhrain,"
a mole on the skin. " Ball fanaid," a laugh-
ing or mocking stock. " Ball-seirc," a
beauty spot. " Ball-sgòid," a sheet-rope.
" Ball-sinnsireachd," any old article vj
familyfurniture ; heir-loom. " Ball airm,"
a weapon, &c. &c. This old Celtic word
is to be met with in many tongues, signi-
fying, generally, a globular body.
BALLA, pl. ACHAN, *. m. A wall, a
bulwark. Si'e Balladh.
BALLA-BACAIDH, 5. m. A wall of defence
; a bulwark.
BALL-ÀBHACHAIS, s.
stock ; a laughing stock.
m. A gazing