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BODHRADH
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BOIDHCHE
ach mardhuineiorfftarchachluinn misc,
but as a deaf man I do not hear; the
<!eaf; tha na fiorfAair a chiinntinn, a ta
na mairbh air an diisgailh, agus tha
an soisgeil air a shearmonachadh do 'na
bochdaibh, the deaf hear, the dead are
raised up, and the poor have the gos-
pel preached unto them, B. ; cluiniiidh
am bodhar fuaim an airgid, even the deaf
hear the dint of silver (money); bodhar
fhend, a dull, heavy sound, as of whist-
ling wind; b< dhar fhuaim, a dull, heavy,
ho/low sountl ; cò a rinn am bodhar, who
made the deaf. B.
BoDHRADH, boh'-rA, n. m. and p. deafen,
ing, tha thu air mo bhodhradh, you
deafen or stun me with your noise or im.
portunity.
Bog, bògg, a. fsoft, miry, moist, damp ;
aite bog, a place where a person or beast
is apt to sink; soft, timid, spiritless;
cha 'n 'eil ann ach duine bog, he is only
a simple, timid, chicken hearted, spirit-
less fellow ; V. wag, bol), sliake ; tha 'n
CÙ a' bogadh uibaill, the dog wigs his
tail; is fhearr an cii a bhogas urball na
CÙ a chuireas dreang air, the dog timt wags
his tail is better tlmn the o?ie that girns ;
move or excite; 'nuair bhogadh an dram
air, when the whisky would excite him.
BoGACiiADH, bog'-ach-S, n. m. and p. soft-
ening ; steeping ; moistening ; getting
more soft.
BoGADAiCH, bògg'-ad'-èch, n. f. waving,
tremour from heat or passion. H.
BoGADAN, bògg'-ad-an, n. m. waving, wag-
ging, heaving; tha chraobh a' io^arfan,
the tree waves; wagging, bobbing.
BoGADH, bògg'-A, p. moistening, soften-
ing; n.m. the state of sticking fast in the
mire; chaidh a' bhò am bogadh, the cow
stuck fast in the mire.
BoGAicH, bògg'-èeh, v. soften, moisten,
steep ; bogaich an leathrach, steep the
leather.
BoGAiCHTE, bògg'-èch-tyà, p. softened,
moistened.
BoGANACH, bògg'-àn-àch, n. m. a soft,
simple, booby-like fellow.
BoGARSAicH, bòg'-ar-ssèch, n. f. waving ;
wagging ; bobbing.
BoGBHUiNE, bògg'-vvhùèn-nyà, n.f. a bul-
rush.
BoG-CHRiDiiEACH, bògg'-chrè-ach.a. chick-
en-hearted, faint-hearted.
BooHA, bo'-ha, n. m. a bow, a bend, an
arch ; a sunk rock at sea ; the wave,
called a heaver ; hogha saighcad, an ar-
cher's bow ; tha bogha air, it has a bend
or boiv ; bogha na drochaid, the arch of
the bridge ; tha bogha mòr air a' bhalla,
the wall has a great bow or bulge ; fear
bogha, an archer ; boghadaireachd, ar-
chery; mar bhoglw. air ghleus, like a
bow on the stretch ; bogha na flodhlach,
the fiddle-bow ; tlia bogha air a' ghèig,
the branch has a bend ; bogh-braoin,/)O^Aa
frois, a rain-bow ; mar bhogha braoin
a soillseachadh, as a rain-bow shining,
0. ; V. bow, bend, bulge ; tha e 'io^AadA
a mach, it badges out.
BoGHADAiR, bòh'-hàd-Sr', an archer.
Boghadaireachd, bòh'-ha-dàr'-àchg, n.f.
archery.
BocHAiNN, bo'-hyènn, n. m. the human
body, person; is ciataeh a bhoghainn
dhuine e, he is a handsome person ; nach
ann aig a tha biioghainn, wliat a hand-
some body he has.
Bo GHAMHNA or GHAMiiNACH, bò-ghàv'.na
or -nach, n. f. a farrow cow.
BoGHAN, bò".han, n. m. the calf of the leg;
the ham.
BoGHSDAiR, bòs'-ddar2, n. m. a bolster.
BoGLACH, bògg'llàch, n. m. a marsh, a
quagmire, any place where a beast is apt
to stick fast.
BoGAiNN, bògg'.ènn, n. m. a marsh.
North.
BoGLUACHAiR, bògg'-lùach-ar', ìì, f. bull-
rush. V
BoGLUASGACH, bòg'-Ilùasg-àch, a. waving,
floating ; softly moving.
BoiciANN, boèchg'-ann, n. m. a goat-skin,
a skin of any kind.
BoicEANNACH, boechg'-ann-àch, n.f. the
small-pox, Suth.-shire ; in Lw. the
shingles or herpes; an deil^iuneach,
Islay.
BoiCNEACHAnH, bocchg'-nyach-À, n.m. and
p. belabouring most furiously; beating
till the skin blisters.
BoicNiCH, boechg.nnyèch, t'. belabour tiU
the skin blisters; beat with all your
might.
BoiD, bòèj, J), solemnly vow or promise ;
n.f. a solemn vow; gen. of the Bod, the
Isiatul of Bute ; cha 'n ann am Bod uile
tha 'n t-olc, ach an Cumradh bheag tha
lamh ris, it is not in Bute alone that the
mischief is, but iti little Cumra just
near it.
BoiDEACH, boèj'-àch, a. pertaining to a
vow.
BoiDEAN, boj'-un, pi. of bold, vows; bòid-
can baistidh, baptismal vows.
BoiDHEACH, bae'-yhach, a. pretty, beauti-
ful, comely, handsome, neat.
BoiDHEACHD, bòèch'-achg, n. f. beautiful.
ness, handsomeness, elegance.
BoiDHCHB, bòèch'-ehà, n.f. beauty, de-
gree of beauty, extreme beauty ; 's e do
bhoidhche a leùn mi, it is thy excessive
beauty that has wounded me ; comp. &c.