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baralach
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Uitt Bardl.
adh, -aidh, s.m. Conjeicturiag, guessing,
supposing. A'b , pr.pt of baralaich.
bamlaich, pr.pt. a' baralaehadh. v.a. Guess,
conjecture, think, supoose.
tbaramhlach, a. Censorious.
b irainhluieh, v.a. see b.xralaioh.
fbaramhuil, a. (see barraii) Excellent.
bardin, -ain, t.tn. Baron.
-- ach, o. BaroniC'l.
-acml, ./. Barony.
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baran lach,
barandail, )
bar.i.alas, -ais, i.m. see barantas.
tbaraun, -ainn, a.m. Degree, step.
-aich, v.a. see bArantaich.
baraut, -an, s.m. Support, surety, safeguard.
Is tu bu bharant dochais dhomh, thnu wast
surety of my hope.
aeh, -aicbe, a. Warranting, warranted,
warrantable. 2 Sure, certain, confident, assured.
barautachadh, -aidh, s.m. Warranting. 2
Warrant. A' b
, pr.pt. of barantaich.
barantadh,** -aidh, s.m. Warrant, commission.
barantaich, pr.pt. a' barautachadh, v.a. Warrant,
give privilege. 2 Assure, confirm, make
certain.
barantail, -e, a. Warrantable, lawful. 2 Seasonable.
barantas, -ais, s.m. Commission, warrant. 2
Confidence, security. 3 Authority. 4 Pledge,
in pawning. 5** Docket.
a warrant to apprehend.
Barantas-glacaidh,
bftrasach, see barrasach.
tbarath, a.m. Lying in wait.
fbarba, -uirbe, J", Severity, passionateness,
flrtrcaness.
fbar-baile, see barr-bhalla.
barbair, Gaelic spelling of barber.
--eachd (barber) s. f. Business of a barber
or hair-dresser.
barbarra, see borbarra.
bar-hhrigein,J see brisgean.
bar-brag, J{ -aig s.m. Tangle-tops cast ashore
in May.
barbrag, -aig, s. f. Barberry
berberia oulgaris.
bar-brisgein, s.m. see brisgean.
bare, -airc & birca, -annan,
8. f. Bark, boat, skiff. 4
Barque. 3 Mi How. 4
tBook. Chunn icas bare,
a ski/ was sesn ; bare
br&d-gheal, a white-sailed
boat.
bare, v.a. Rush. 2 Burst
forth, burst out. 3**Embark.
-ach, -aiche, a. Bushing
in torrents.
-- 90. a.-hadh, see barcachd.
Barbi'a-j
acnd, s /. Embarkation.
- adh, -aidh, s.m. Ru-hing or pouring impetuously,
as waves. A' b , pr.pt. of bare. Muir
mhor a' barcadh mu'in cneann, a huge wave
rushing on my head.
f-- aidh,JJ v.n. Embark.
fbirc-lann, a.m. Library.
bar.l, -aird, pi. -aird [ barda & bar Ian, ]
s.m. Bard, rhymer, poet. Shoinu am bard,
the bard f
gang. **Poetry beimx, iti the
opinion of the warlike Celts, the likeliest
method of perpetuating their b a -ry , the
barghal
bards were held by them in the highest \v e-
rat'Oii Princes and warriors did nof ili-.l.i:i>
affinity with thi::u. The Ceit-t, b in^
t rond of poetry, world listen to
no instruc.io ., wht-ther from priest or philosooli'T,
rnljss it wen; convoyed in rhymas.
Heooe the word bard uieaut also a priesh,
philosopher, or teacher of any kind. We
often rind a bard entrusted with the education
of a prince, and aboit three hundred
years ago, a Highland c,hif had seldom any
other instructor. Such was the ivspeci paid
to the ancient bards, that, accuriiug 1o Dio.
dorus, the Sicilian, they could put a stop u>
armies in the heat of battle. After au engagement
they ridded the song over the deceased,
and extolled the heroes who survivtd.
When a i.ard appeared in an army, it was
either as a herald or ambassador, heaco his
person and property were sacred in the midst
of his enemies and amid their wildest ravages,
la earlier times he never bore arms,
and Owen asserts that it was unlawful to unsheathe
a weapon in his presence. Among
the ancient British there were, according to
Jones, three orders of bards the Privardd,
(Priomh-bhard) or chief b.ird: the Poswardd,
who taught/ what was set forth by the privardd
;
and the Arwyddwardd, i.e. the ensign
bard, or herald-at-arms, who employed
himself in genealogy, and in bLizrming the
arms of princes and nobles, as w