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juas ionad ard ; thua; tliu bniid am
braighdeanas, thou hast ascended on
high, thou hast led captivity captive,
Ps. Ixxviii, 18 ; anguish ; great an-
xiety ; tha thu 'gam cliumail ann am
bruid, you keep me in great anxiety, or
anguish; y. give the hint, by touching,
touch; bhruid e mi, he gave me the hint,
—he touched me ; poke, probe; a' bruid-
eadh fo'n bhruaich, probing under the
bank of the river.
Bruid, brùj, n. m. a brute, a beast, a bru-
tal person.
Bruideìlachd, bruj'-àl-àchg, n. /. bruta-
lity ; brutishness, beastliness ; coarse-
ness.
Bruideil, brùj'-al, a. brutal, beastly.
Bhuideadh, briij'-X, n. m. touch, by way
of a hint ; a hint ; p. stabbing, thrust-
ing; poking; probing.
Bbuidhin.n', briie'enn, m. /. talk, speech,
report ; conversation ; tha mi a' cluinn-
tinn bruidhinn, I hear a talk or conver-
sation; bruidhinn mhòr, loud talk; tha
leithid sin do bhruhlhinn a measg
dhaoine, there is such a report among
people; chualadh mi bruidhinn fada
uara, / heard talking at a great distance ;
V. n. speak, say, talk ; bruidhinn ris,
speak to him ; bhruidhinn mi ris, / spoke
to him, I talked to him; bha mi a'
bruidhinn ris, / was talking to him ;
com' am b' fhiach leat bruidhinn ris,
why would you condescend to speak to
him'^ cha 'n 'eil agad ach a bhi 'bruidh-
inn, talk on as long as you like, blub on;
p. talking, speaking; a' bruidhinn I'a
chèile, speaking to each other.
Brlidhne, brùe'nyà, gen. of bruidhinn ;
fear na raòr bhruidhne, the talkative
man. Bible.
Bri'idhne&ch, brùènn'-nyach, a. talka-
tive, blabbing ; loquacious; 's e siod am
fear bruidhneach, wlmt a garrulous talk-
ative fellow he is ; sgathaidh an Tighearn
na bilean miodalach uile, agus an teanga
bhruidhneacb, the Lord shall cut off all
flattering lips, and the tongue that speak-
eth proud tilings. P. xii, 3.
Bruidhneìchd, brùènn'-nyàchg, n. f.
talkativeness, garrulity, loquaciousness.
Bruidlich, brùèj'-Uèch, v. stir up. H. 5.
Brlilleadh, brùèll'-X, p. bruising; crush-
ing ; n. 778. a crush, a squeeze, a bruising.
Brcilidh, brùU'-è, a man of clumsy fi-
gure, and of awkward unwieldy mo-
tion.
Bruill, brùèll, v. crumble, bruise, crush;
fcrùy/Wft mi do chnàmhan, I will crush
your bones to atoms ; squeeze.
Bruineabd, bruen'.ard, a, high-crested
At.
Bruin.ne, brùènn-à, breast, waist. R. M.
Bruite, brùt'-tyà, p. (of bruth) bruised,
broken, oppressed, sad, crushed; daoiue
bruite truagh, poor oppressed men, Ps.
carson osnaich bhriiite ad chliabh, why
the sad sigh from thy bosom, 0. ; iadsan
a tlia briiite 'na spiorad, they who are
contrite in their spirit, B. ; fuil bhriiite,
extravasated blood; tha m' anam bruite
am chom, my soul is oppresicd within
me. Ps.
Bruth, brrhù, n. m. the dwelling of
fairies in a hill; a house half under the
surface ; a cave.
Bruth, brhS, v. bruise, crush, pulverise;
pound ; agus cuiridh mi naimhdeas eadar
thusa agus a' bhean agus eadar do shiol-
sa agus a siolsa ; agus brutliaidh esan do
cheann agus brutliaidh tusa a shail-san,
and I will put enmity between thee and
the woman, and between thy seed and her
seed, it shall bruise thy head, and thou
Shalt bruise Jiis heel.
Bruthach, brhù'-hach, n. m. an acclivity,
ascent, a steep, a hill side, a precipice; a'
dol d suas am bruttiach, ascending the
acclivity or ascent ; thoir am bruthach
ort, neo thoir na buinn ort, take to your
heels, be of}'! thug e am bruthach air, he
took to his heels; le bruthach, down-
wards; xi'bruthach, ascending, upwards ;
fo chreig a bhiuthaich, under the rock
of the steep; ruithidh an taigeas fein le
bruthach, the haggis itself iviil run down-
wards. Ossian, A.S.B.
Brithachail, brhù'-ach-al, a. steep, full
rising grounds or eminences.
Bruthadair, brhù'-ha.dar', n. m. a poun-
der, a pestle ; a bruiser or crusher.
Bbuthadh, brhù'-A, 71. m. a contusion, a
bruise; p. bruising, crushing; pound
ing.
Bruthaixn, brhù'-ènn, n. f. sultry heat.
Bruthainneach, brhù'-ènn-ach, a. sultry;
warm ; aimsir bhrutliainneach, sultry
weather.
Bruthainneachd, brhù'-enn-achg, n. f.
sultriness.
Bii ! bù, int. a sound to excite fear in chil-
dren.
Bu, ba6, pret. indie, of the verb to be; bu
i, bu e, bu iad, contracted b'i, b'e, b' iad,
it was he, it teas she, it was they, pro-
nounced bbe, be, bèud or bead ; it is al-
ways contracted before f aspirated ; as,
b' fhearr learn, 6' fhasa, / would prefer,
it would be easier; pronounced byarr,
bbasa ; b' fhearr a bhi gun bhreith na bhi
gun teagasg, it tvould be better not to have
been born than to want instruction; b'
fhearr gun toiseachadh na sgur gu'n
chriochnachadh, it would be better not to