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CEALAIDEACH
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CEANNAICHE
Ceal»ideach, kyè'U'-àj-ach, n. m, and/,
a miserable looking person.
Cealg, kyall'-ag, n. f. hypocrisy; prov.
for ceilg.
Cealgach, kyall'-ug-ach, deceitful, hypo-
critical, treacherous, cunning, crafty,
wily.
Cealgair, kyall'-ug-ar', n. m. a hypocrite,
a cheat, a rogue, a deceiver.
Cealgaireachd, kyàU'-ug-àr'-achg, n. /.
hypocrisy, treachery, deceit, dissimula.
tion ; roimh gach ni, bithibh air ar fai-
cUl o thaois ghoirt nam Pharasach, eadh.
an cealgaireachd, first of all, beivare ye
of the leaven of the Pharisees, even hypo-
crisy ; basachaidh dòchas a chealgair,
the hope of the hypocrite shall perish.
Ceall, kyall, n.f. a church. Irish.
Ceallaire, kyall'-àr-à, n. m. head or su-
perior of a church or monastry. /r.
Ceailtaik, kyàll'-lt àr', n. m. gray-cloth.
No.
Ceanalta, kyen".àlt-à, a. docile, tract-
able, amiable, kind, mild, pleasant, ur-
bane, polite.
Ceanaltachd, kyèn"-alt-achg, n. m. do-
cility, tractableness ; mildness of dispo-
sition, urbanity, politeness.
Ceanaltas, kyen'-alt-us, n. m. same as
ceanaltachd.
Ceanfhionn, kyèn"-unn, a. gray-faced, as
a beast ; grayish.
Ceangail, kyèng'-èl', kyèn'-nyàl, v. tie,
bind, fetter, fasten, restrain ; (from ce-
ann and iall) ceangailte, bound ; re-
strained ; tied, fa-stened.
Ceancal, kyèng'-al, &c. n. m. tie; fasten,
ing; obligation, a bond, a knot; cean-
gal posaidh, betrothment ; ni thu cean-
gal posaidh, thou shall betroth a wife,
Bible ; fo cheangal aig duine sam bith,
under restraint to any one ; am fear a
cheanglas a's e a shiubhlas, he that ties
his bundle fast may walk without stop-
ping, G. P. ; pi. ceanglaichean and cean-
galtaichean.
Ceanclaiche, kyeng'-Uèch-à, n.m. a bin-
der.
Ceann, kyann, n. m. ahead, point; end,
limit; period, expiration; extremity;
genius, ingenuity ; chief, master, com-
mander, attention ; headland ; hilt ;
thog tuinn an cinn, waves reared their
head ; sleagh is geire ceann, a spear of
the sharpest point ; ceann nan laoch, the
chief of the heroes ; an ceann bliadlma,
at the expiration of a year; an ceann
da latha, at the expiration of two days;
ma cheann aibh nan crann, abont the top
of the trees ; bi ad cheann mhath dha,
behind to him, {be good to him); 'na
dhroch cheann duit, very bad for you ;
is dona an ceann sin duit, that is against
your health ; bha e na dhroch cheann da,
he behaved very ill to him, he used him
ill, he was a bad matter to him; a' dol
air cheann gnothuich, going on business;
cha 'n eil an droch cheann aige, he is not
destitute of genius ; air cheann da tigh-
inn dachaidh, preparatory to his coming
home ; an ceann a sè deug, at long last ;
an Cfann a chèile, mixed, assembled; an
ceann thri miosan, at the expiration of
three months; 's ann agad a tha 'n
ceann, hmv shreu'dyou are! shiubhail mi
Ilabho cheann gu ceann, I travelled Is-
lay, from on^ extremity to the other; na
cuir ceann na leithid sin, do not attempt
such a thing; thoir an ceann deth, be-
head him ; a chur ceann air stri, to con-
clude the strife, O. ; am a bheir ar n-
amhghar gu ceajtn, a time that will bring
our troubles to a close, M. L. ; ceann 'na
ciche, the nipple; an cann tiotaibh, in
a little while; an ceann tacain, in a
little while; ceann nan lann, the hilt of
the sword, 0. ; dè an ceann a rinn e ruit,
what attention did he shew you? gus an
liath do cheann, tell yoiiare grey-headed;
liath thu mo cheann, your conduct has
made my head grey ; ghabh e an saoghal
ma cheann, he took the range of the wide
world; as ceann an athalr, above the
firmament; an ceann shios, the farth-
est off extremity; an ceann shuas, the
■upper end or extremity. Oss. B. Arm. Is.
C.
Ceannabiiard, kyann"-a-vhard, n. m. and
/. commander-in-chief, commander, a
leader ; ceannabhard means, literally,
the head bard, the babds formerly be.
ing among the commanders of armies ;
see M'Dhomhnall; ceannard must be a
corruption of ceannabhard.
Ceannach, kyann'-ach, n. m. a present, a
reward, compensation; a bribe; ceann-
ach geal nuair thig an sneachd, a white
present when the snow comes; cha chean-
tiach air an ubh an gog, the egg is no
compensation for the noise (cackling) ;
pt. purchasing, buying ; a cheannach
fiodh, to purchase timber. .
Ceannachd, kyann'-achg, n.f. merchan-
dise, commerce, traffic ; agus ni sibh
ceannachd 'ia.n tir, and ye shall traffic in
in the land; oir is f hearra ceannachd na
ceannachd airgid, /or her merchandise i*
better than the merchandise of silver.
Bible.
Ceannaich, kyann'-èch, v. purchase, buy,
redeem; traffic; acheannaich sinn cho
daor, which we so dearly purchased;
ceannaichte, purchased, bought.
Ceannaiche, kyann'-èch-à, n. m. a pur-