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BROSGUL
RaosGUl., brosg'-ul, n. m. flattery. Slrye.
Brosnachadh, bros'-nnach-i, n. m. incite,
ment, provocation, exhortation ; also a
piece of Highland music ; encourage-
ment ; pt. spurring, exciting.
Brosnachail, bross'-nach-al, a. instigat-
ing, encouraging.
Brosnaich, bioss'-nnèch, v. excite, pro-
voke, bestir, encourage ; gu cinnteach
cha'n f haie iadsan am fearann a mhionn-
aieh mi d' an aithriehibh, ni mo a chi
neach air bith dhiubhsaii a blirosnaick
mi, surely they shall not see the land
which I swear unto their fathers, neither
shall any of them that provoked me see
it.
Brot, brott, n. m. broth ; a. fat. North.
Broth, brrhS, re. m. an eruption on the
skin.
Brothlainn, brrhò'-llènn, n. f. heat and
stink ; disagreeable heat
Bru, brru, n.f. a big belly, as a woman
with child ; a belly, a bulge ; tha brii air
a' bhalla, the wall bidges ; a womb.
Bruach, brùà?h, n. m. a bank, a border,
edge, brim, a steep, a precipice ; bruach
an uillt, the bank of the river ; air na
bruachan so. about these borders ; ma
na brnachaibh so, about these borders;
bruach dhuine, a boor of a fellow, a stupid
fellow ; a small rising ground.
Bruachaire, bruach'-ar'-à, n. m. a sullen
fellow ; a hoverer.
Bruadair, brùàd"-dar', v. dream, see a
vision; bhruadair mi sn rair, I dreamed
last night ; bhruadair mi gu'm faca mi,
/ dreamed that I saw.
Bruadar, brùàd'-ar, n. m. a dream, a vi.
sion ; agjs air faotainn rabhaidh o Dhia
anu am bruadar, and being warned of
God in a dream. Bible.
Bruadaraiche, brùad'-ar-èch.à, n. m. a
dreamer.
Bruadrach, bruad^-rrach, a. visionary.
Bruaillean, brìiàly"-lyan, n. m. disturb-
ance, noise, tumult, trouble, offence ; eò a
tha cur bruaillean ort, ivho is troubliiigot
offending you; duine gun bhruaillean,
an inoffensive man ; 's mòram bruaillean
a dhùisg thu, you have created a tumult ;
mar bhruaillean thonn air driom a
chuain, as the tumult of waves on the
height of the ocean — tha bruaillean air
aghaidh nan torn, there is boding gloom
on the face of the bushes. H. S.
Bruailleanach, brùaly"-an'-àch, a.
troublesome, riotous, tumultous; noisy,
disturbing ; causing disturbance ; annoy-
ing, grieved, vexed.
Bruailleanachd, brùaly'-an'-achg, n. f.
troublesomeness, the state of giving
trouble or being troubled.
51 BRUID
Brl'an, brùan, n. m. short-bread, a cake
made with butter, &c. to keep children
quiet; a crumb, a morsel; v. crumble,
pulverise, crush.
Bruanachd, brijan'-achg, n.f. continued
breaking or smashing ; fragments.
Brua.vao, brùàn'-ag, n.f. a. little cake.
Bruansgail, bruan'-skul, v. make a deep
crashing, crushing noise ; make a grating
noise ; crumble, break into fragments.
Bruansgal, brùàn'-skal, n.f. a crumbling
noise; a grating noise.
Bruan'spealt, brùàn'-spy.=Ut, n. m. splin-
ter; V. smash, hack, hew.
Brucach, briichg'-àch, a. speckled in the
face, as a sheep; gloomy, lowering, as
weather ; latha brucach, a gloomy lower-
ing day; coara bhrucach, a speckled
sheep, a black-faced sheep.
Brucachd, brùchg'-?chg, n.f. gloominess.
Brucanaich, brùchg'-an-èch, n.f peep of
day, the dawn ; bi an so 'sa bhrucanaich,
be here at peep of day. Is.
Bruchd, bruchg, n. m. a disruption, or
rushing forth, as a multitude; a bulge ;
a sudden rushing forth, a belch, a rift ;
rinn e bruchd, he be'ched or rifted;
thàinig bruchd do na daoine a mach, a
rush of the people cam.e forth ; a heap,
or great quantity ; thuit bruchd do 'n
mhòìne, a great quantity of the peats
fell ; a rush, a gush ; thàinig bruchd do
'n uisge a mach, a gvsh of the water
cameforth.
Bruchd, bruchg, v. rush forth, sally,
bulge, belch, rift; 6/irùcM na daoine a
mach, the men rushed forth ; tha e,
briichdail, he is belching, or rifting;
gush; bhrùchd '{ hml a mach, his blood
gushed or poured out.
Brichdadh, bruchg'-A, p. rushing; bulg-
ing; belching; rifting; gushing.
Bruchdail, bruchg'-al, n. m, rushing;
belching; rifting; a gush.
Bruchlag, briich'-llag, n. f a mean ho.
vel.
Bru-chorc, brù-chork', > n. m. stool-
BRU-cH0RCA\,brà'-ch6rk.an, i bent, w
dirk grass.
Bruthaiste, brù'-asht-à, brose, brothas.
Inver.
Bru-dheaeg, brii'-yhyèrg, n. m. robin red-
breast.
Bruich, brùech, v. boil, seethe, simmer,
sod ; a. boiled, seethed, simmered ; n.f.
boiling; the state of being boiled; the
act of boiling ; bruich e, boil it ; tha e
bruich, it is boiled; is dona a' bhruich a
th' air, it is not weU boiled; p. boiling;
tha e 'ga bhruich, he is boiling it.
Bruicheil, bruech'-al, a. sultrj, warm. H.
Bruid, brOj, n.f. captivity; cbaidb tha