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BIAN, BE IN, s. m. A skin or hide, i
pelt :
applied to skins of wild animals only.
" Bian an tuirc," the boar's hide.
BIAN-DHUBII, adj. Swarthy; blackskinned.
BIAN-GHEAL, adj. Fair-skinned; liter-
ally, white-skinned.
BIAN-LEASAICHE, s. m. A currier, a
tanner. A'^ pi. Bian-leasaichean.
BIASGACH, -AicHE, adj. Niggardly, mi-
serly; catching at trifles.
BIASGAIRE, -EAN, s. m. A niggard; a
sordid, mean person.
BIASGAIREACHD, s.f. Niggardliness.
BI AST, -BÈISTE, -EAN, S.f. A beast ; a rep-
tile ;
in contempt, an insignificant, worth-
less person.
BIAST, -iDH, BH-, V. a. Abuse, revile.
BIASTADH, -AiDH, s. m. and p7-es. part.
V. Blast. Abusing, reviling.
BIASTAG, -AiG, -AN, s. m. A little beast,
an insect.
BIASTAIL, -E, adj. Niggardly, churlish ;
impish, puppyish.
BIASTALACHU, 6./. Beastliness; impishness,
baseness ; niggardliness.
BIAST-DONN, BIAST-DUBH, gen.
Beiste, duibhe-duinne, s. f. An otter.
BIATA, see Biadhta.
BIATACH, s. m. A hospitable man; a
provider ; a procurer of provision ; also a
raven. See Biadhtach.
BIATACHD, s.f. See Biadhtachd.
BIATAICHE, s. m. See Biadhtach.
BIATAS, -Ais, s. ?>i. The herb Betony.
BIATH, -AIDH, BH-, V. a. See Biadh.
BIATHADH, -aidh, s. 7n. and pres. pari.
of Biath. See Biadhadh.
BI ATSADH, s. m. Provision for a journey.
BIATHAINNE, 5./. An earth worm ; a
bait.
BIBH, (for bithibh.) Be ye or you.
BICAS, -Ais, 5. wt. A viscount.
BI CE IR, -EAN, 6. 111. A small wooden dish ;
a drinking cup ; a bottle. Scot. Bicker,
t BiCHEARB, > ,^ . , .,
'' '"• ^^«*"'=">"y' qu'^^ksilver.
+ BicHiM, S
f Bl-CHEARDACH, -AICH, S.lll.A victualling
house, a tavern.
BICHIONTA, adj. and adv. Common,
general, frequent. See Bitheanta.
BICHIONTAS, -Ais, s. m. The state of
being common or frequent.
BI-CHURAM, -AIM, s. m. Continent
care, constant solicitude ;
anxiety.
j- Bid, s. f. A hedge.
BID, -E, -EAN, s. m. A shrill, chirping
sound ;
the chirping of birds.
f
Bin, -inn, BH-, ('. a. Nij), iiluch.
BÌDEACH, EicHE
BIL
adj. Very little
trifling: diminutive.
BIDE ADH, -IDH, s. VI. -and pres. part, of
Bid. A nipping, pinching.
BIDE AG, -EiG, -AN, s. /. A very small
portion of any thing ;
a crumb, a morsel.
BIDEAGACH, -eiche, adj. Nipping,
pinching.
BIDEAN, -EIN, -EAN
fence.
BIDEIN, -EAN, i, m.
s. m. A hedge or
A point, summit,
pinnacle.
BIDEINEACH,-EicHE,nJ/. Sharp topped,
as of a hill or rock.
BIDEIN, -EIN, -EANAN, s. »1. A diminu-
tive person or animal.
BIDEIL, ^i.y. A continued chirping;
BIDIL, 3 shrill sound ; a squeak, as of
rats, mice, or birds.
BIDH, gen. sing, of Biadh ; which see.
BÌDH, adj. Silent, quiet, peaceable.
BIDH ' "*'' "' ^^" ^^ '^^ *"" ^^^*" ^^'
W"''
BIDHEANTA, adj. Frequent, customary,
habitual. See Bichionta.
BIDHEANTAS, -AIS, i.s. m. and /.
BIDHEANTACHD, \ Frequency, customariness,
commonness,
f BiDHEARG, adj.
fir or pine.
Red, unctuous; as of
BIDHIS, .«./. A screw. See Bithis.
BIDHISEACH.af/j. Like a screw; spiral.
BIDSE, -ACHAN,
BIDSEACHD,
s.f. A whorC; a bitch.
s. /: Whoremongering ;
the conduct of a prostitute.
BIG, /)/. Little ones ; see Beag.
BIG, adj. n. pi. of Beag. Little, small,
young, tender.
BIG-EIN, -EOIN, s. wi. Any little bird.
BIGEIN,
BIGEUR,
BIGIREII
BIGH,-E, s./. Glue, bird-lime, gum. ' Bigli
chraobh," tlie gum of trees,
f BÌGIL, s. f. see Bidil.
BIL, -E, Ì -EAN, s.f. A mouth, lip, a rim, a
BILE, 3 bird's bill; a blossom, a brim,
edge, the margin of any thing.
BILBHEAG, -eig, s.f. Corn-poppy.
BILEACH, -EICHE, adj. Lipped; bladod,
as grass ;
[N, -)
[
LEIN, )
bicker.
wooden dish
See Biceir.
fringed, bordered, edged.
BILEACH, s. m. The leaf of a tree or
herb ;
a quantity of leaves.
BILEACH-CHOIGEACH, -EicH, s. m.
The herb marigold.
BILEAG, -EIG, -AN, s. /. A leaflet, little
blade ; a little bag ; the leaf of a tree or htrb.
BILEAGACH, adj. See Bileach.
BILEAGACHADH, -aidh, 5. m. and