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brat-lln 117 b'-eaean-an-fhel'.idh
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brat-Uu, see br.iith-lln.
milestone. 6 Eugrave. 7 Cover with deuces s.vi. Belted pla.u. This
br ic-nasg.U Broo- h, skewer,
^tt-^ix.
Cu.
L'U Cover with ii.kL\s. 10 1M",
turf with a spade preparatory to tun.i: ^
brat-romn, *.m. Dividing cloth, partition veil, the sod.
a.le, see l.rut-e.
ach, JJ -aich, s.m. Art or act of tis'aing for
e.lidh, .m. Swuddling-cloth.
trout.
br:u-urla;r. x.m. Carpet.
ach, -a-che, a. trout. Abounding in 2
t..nualian,** Gaelic form of battalion.
Pock-marked.
tbre, .m. Hill, headland.
>reac-a'-ehruiw
ri. llvay Country. wagtail M t-st or jko.^s. see breacan-buidne.
H orm, he r,,a '< riv anyi-y ; bhuail e reacadh, -aid:t, s.m. Spotting,
,b ;'-ir,
he :amp with the foot. Spurn.
B-.-ject.
Chair
5 AM, Aj;gtr
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ach, -aiche a. Apt to kirk or prance. 2
8(LL T >
iireakiug the surface of LUC ground
Klis ic. Each bn abach. brogac.h, a p.ancing with a.iy sharp instrument. A' b ,
pr.part.
ttrQHff-koofed horte.
of breac.
adaica, sj.md. Kicking. 2 Prancing,
-uiuiltein, see breac-a'-mhudteiu.
bounding. 3 Starting. 4 Stamping,
rionnaich,
breabadair, -eau, t.m. Weaver. 2 One who
Dappled sky.
-seuuaiu, see brtac-siieuija-u.
k.cks. [In Uist "breubadaireachd" wa.>
-sianaiu, see bi-eac- .heunain.
iered the lowest possible calling in
-teine, s.m. >-hhi freckles.
which a man could take part. People seem
breacag,-aig, -an, ./. Mnall thin ca'ce. 2 Scone.
ed even ashamed lo mention the word "breabadair."
They used to say "breabadair. 1 lat^ii'd cal;?*.
3 j aucake. Breacagau nttO-jthoirtichbd, tiu-
read na cuideachd,'' (a weaver, u-ith tit? company's
breacaich, v a. Carva. 2 Ea .rave. 3**Bedrop.
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permission) breabadair nan casa
6**Spot, ciiequt-r.
loisgt', the bu mi-legged weaver (used as a --te, past pt. Mixed. 2 Chequered,
term of contempt. >
spotted. 3 Carved. 4 Engraved.
eacnd, s.f. in t. 'I rade of a weaver. 2 reacam, gen.siii'j.
*Habit pi. of i>ve.;j.-an.
of kicking or stamping.
breaca'r, -e, -ean, s.?/i. Graver (engraving tool.)
ean, n.pl. of breabadair.
2 Kugravtr (,pers;m
br< abadh, -aidh, s.m. Kick, kick.ng. 2 Prau
--eacr.d, x.f. Eniployriont of an engraver.
prance. 3 Bounding. 4 f
Smarting, 2 Chequering, chequer "w rk
Stamping, stamp of the foot. 6**Spurning bi-eae-a'-mheau iiih,tj s.f. iJ'reckles on the face.
A' b , pr. pt. of breab.
broac-a'-mhuiiinn, see brcac-a.'-iiihuiiieiii.
breabail, -e, *./. Kicking. 2 Prancing. 3 Spurn
ing. 4 Stamping. 5 Gurgling noise. Th;
na >ruthan ri breabail, the streamlets an
gttrgtimg.
breabain, gcn.sing. of breaban.
m P:oceou a slue-sol
broaban, -i) cfias clouds known as rirro-cwnuftu.
Its'-ui'iit, when boys were whacked with toe breacan, -ain, pi. -an, [& **-ain] s.m. Highland
sole of a shoe. Thev were very ape to ge plaid. 2 Tarta-i. Parti-colonrea c'o^h
intu mischief on Su-.day, an 1 tneir parent was used by the Celts from cue earnest times
did not like to chastise ti.em till M< i.diy. but the variety of colours in the taraccui was
breabanach, -aiche, a. Kicking. 2 Prauc.iig.
Abounding in greater or less, according to the ran K of the
shoe-patches. 4}JSpurning. wearer. That of the ancient kings had seven
Jerking.
colours, that of the druids six, and that of
d,JJ *./. Botchery.
the nobles four. In the days of Martin the
naiche, -ean, s. m. Shoe-maker. tartans seemed to be used to distinguish the
Cobbler.
inhabitants of different districts, and not the
breaban-deiridh.JJ s.m.
present.
-toisich, s.m.
for shoe,
expressly says of the
Heel-piece for a shoe.
Fore-sole a
members of different families as at
He that the inhabitants
breabartaich, **./. Jerking. 2 Kicking. various islands were not all dre.-sed alike,
Prancing. 4 Spurn ii.'g.
but that the setts and colours of the various
breac, tirice, a. Spotted, speckled, chequered tartans varied from isle to isle. As he does
~2 Marked with
piebald.
small-pox. Brea not niHiition the use of a spe-'ial pattern by
le nfoineanaibh, cheqiuredwith tlaisii-s eac
; each family, it would appear that such a distinction
is a modern one, and taken ir.nn tha
brear, a pi'lald ho, ,vlrict,
: i-u bri-ac, a ?,/ ittfa day,
the family r cla:i n>.
ori/inallv >-t numerous
brie, A-.m. Trout. '2 Salmon-trout. 8*
QOO. 4*,a/v/.y };ad;er. 5 ** in each part eventually adopting as their distinctive
dan tartan the tar ran of such dis-
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