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BA] 50 BAI
BAIN-TIGHEARNAS,-Ais, s. m. The
rule or sway of a lady. Tha e fo bhain-
tigtiearnas, He is under pellicoat government.
BAIN-TIGHEARNACHD, s. f. Lady-
ship.
liAIN-TREABHACH, conir. Baintreach,
iche, s.f. A widow, vide Bantrach.
BAINTREABHACHAS, co7itr. Baintreachas,
-ais, s. m. Widowhood. Written
also Banlrachas.
BAIR, -E, 5. m. A battle, strife, a game;
also a beaten path ; a road. Air magh na
bàire, On the plain of battle.
+ Bairche, s. m. A battle.
t Bairche, adj. Strong, brave.
•}• Baircin, s.f. A ferret.
BAI RCINN, s. pi. Side timbers for a house.
BAIRD, gen. sing, and n- pi. of Bard.
t Bairead, s.J". a helmet, cap, head-dress.
BÀIREADH, -iDH, s. w. Vide Bàir.
f Baireatrom, adj. Light headed ; quick,
nimble.
BAIRGEANTA, adj. Strong, stout,
sturdy ; swift.
t Bairghin, s. m. A begotten son ; a
cake; a floor.
t Bairghinteach, adj. Begetting sons
Substantively, a woman who bears sons.
BAIRICH, s.f. ind. Lowing, bellowing,
roaring of cattle.
BAIRIG, -IDH, BH-, V. a. Bestow, confer,
grant, present.
BAIRIGEADH, -eidh, s. vi. and pres.
part. V. Bàirig, Bestowing, conferring.
BÀIRLEIGEAUH, -Einn, -ean, s. m.
Warning, summons of removal. See
BairUnn.
BÀIRLINN, s.f. Warning, summons of
removal; also a rolling wave, or sea; a
high sea, a surge, billow.
BÀIRLINNEACH, adj. Rolling as a high
sea; summoning, or warning to quit.
BÀ1RNEACH, -ICH, s.f. A limpet.
t BÀIRNEACH, adj. Perverse, angry, ob-
stinate ; also filial.
i BÀIRNICH, V. a. Fret ; judge.
BÀIRNEACHU, s./. A judging; a judgment,
a decision at law ; also perverseness,
fretfulness.
BÀIRSEACH, -irHEAN, s.f. A scold,
shrew, a termagant.
BÀIRSEACHD. s.f Scolding, raillery,
satire.
BÀIRSEAG, -iG, -AN, s.f. (dim. of Bàirseach,)
A young scold, a young shrew. H.
pi. Bàirseagan.
BÀJRSICH, V. a. Scold, rail; satirize;
lampc/on.
;
t Bais, s.f. Water.
BAIS, gen. of Bàs ; which see.
BAIS, gen. of Bàs, commonly written, bo«,
which see.
t Baisc, adj. Round.
BAISCEALL. -ill, s. m. A wild, ungov
ernable person.
BAISD, -IDH, BH-, V. a. vide Baist.
BAISEACH, adj. vide Baoiseach.
BAlSCMHEALL,-EiLL,5. m. {Bnisc, adj.
& Meal!,) A ball, a round mass.
BAISDEADH, pres. part. v. Baisd. See
Baisteadh.
BAIS, -E, s. m. Vide Bois et Bathais.
BAISEACH, adj. Having large palms;
flat, smooth.
BAISEACHD, s.f. (from has.) Palmistry.
Frequently written, boiseachd, from bos.
t Baiseal, s.?n. Pride, arrogance, haughti-
ness.
BAISEALACH, -aiche, adj. (from bais-
eal,) Proud, arrogant.
BAISGEANTA, adj. Vide Boisgeanta, et
Boillsgeanta.
BAISGEIL, -E, adj. Cheering, rousing,
loud, brisk, lively. Vide Boisgeil.
t Baisleach, s. m. An ox ; also a plash of
water ! a handful of any thing.
BAIST, -IDH, -BH, V. a. Baptize; perform
the ceremony of baptism, pret. a. bhaist,
baptized ;fut. aff. a. baistidh, shall baptize.
BAISTE, pret. part. v. Baist. Baptized ;
immersed, saturated.
BAISTEACH, -ich, -ichean, s. nu A
baptist. " Na baistich." The anabaptists.
BAISTEACH, adj. Baptismal, of, or pertaining
to baptism.
BAISTEADH, -IDH, s. m. nnd pres. part.
V. Baist. Baptism ; a baptizing ; the act
of baptizing.
BAIS TEIR, -iR, -EARAN, s. m. A baptizer.
BAISTIDH, fut. aff. of Baist. Shall or
will baptize.
BAISTIDH, adj. Baptismal. " Amar
baistidh." A baptismalfml.
f Baistidhe', s. m. pi. Drops from the
eaves of a bouse.
BÀITE, p. part, of BATH. Drowned.
BAITEAL, -EiL, s. m. A battle. Chuir
iad baiteal, they had a pitched battle.
BAITEALACH, -aiche, adj. Of or connected
with battles ; also sheeted like clouds
or sails. See Baidealach.
BÀITH, -E, s.f. Folly ; a lure, decoy.
BAITHIS, s. f. A forehead, brow. Vide
Bathais.
BÀITHTE, adj. and perf. part. Vide
Bàite.