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PuBALl, pùb'-ùll, n. m. a tent. lioss.
Puc, pùchg, ('. fumble, ram, cram.
Puic, pùèchg, 71./. a bribe; v. bribe, ram
secretly. ls.\ f huair e piVic, he has been
bribed.
PuicEAcH, pùèehg'-ach, adj. giving bribes,
bribing; n. f. a female that bribes.
PuiCEAR, pùèchg'-aèr, n. m. a briber.
PoiNSEAN, pùèsh'-un, n. m. poison, vims.
PaiNSEANACH, pùèsh'-un-ach, adj. poison-
ous, venomous, vindictive; revengeful.
PuiNSEANAicH, pùèsh'-un èch, V. poison.
PiTiNSEANTAS, pùèsh'-ant-à, n. m. poison-
ousness, venomousness, vindictiveness ;
resentment.
Pin-AG, bullag, n. f. large round stone.
PONC for poing, a point, a quirk.
PuND, pùnd, n. m. a pound of any thmg.
PUNTVD, pùnnd, «. m. a place for securing
stray cattle, or cattle trespassing; v. se-
cure cattle.
PUNNDAINN, pùnnd'-èng, n.f. bad usage in
being confined in a damp place ; starva-
tion, benumbing ; tlie state of being con-
fined to a cold place.
PURGAID, pùrg'-aj, n./. a purge, a purga-
tive; aperient medicine; purgaideach,
aperient, lax.itive, purging.
Pi;rgadaih, pùrg'-ad-àèr, n. ;n. purgatory,
tormentor ; the greatest anxiety to get
freedom, or pennission to shift quarters.
PURP, piirp, n.m. the faculties of the mind ;
full possession of mental powers ; chaill
e phurp, he lost his faculties, he is under
mental aberration ; neas a bhios mo
phurp agam, while I possess my faculties ;
gun phurp, vncollected.
PuRPALACHD, purp'-al-achg, n.f. collec-
tiveness ; full possession of faculties ;
punctuality.
PURPAIL, pùrp'-al, adj. collected ; in one's
senses ; punctual, pointed, sound in mind.
PURPUR, pùrp'.ur, n. m. purple.
Purr, purr, v. stab, thrust, push, jostle.
PURRADH, purr'-X, n. m. a shove, jostle,
dash at, asabuU; pt. pushing, jostling,
shoving ; a' purradh le 'adharcaibh, but-
ting with his horns ; an ■seiihapunadh,
the ram butting. Bible.
Puis, push, n.f. a cat.
Put, putt, V. push, shove, jostle.
PuTA, pijf-a, ?;. 7H. a trout. North ; young
moor-fowl. C.
PuTADH, pùt'.i, pt. pushing, shoving, jost-
ling, butting ; n.m. a. push, a shove, a
jostle; check. H. S.
PuTAC, pùt'-ag, n.f. a hold-pin of an oar ;
in Irish, Kintyre, a pudding ;— a ring of
land. Highland Society.
PiiTH, pù, n.f. a puff; i: puff; chuir e
puiU as a shròin, he pitffed through his
PiTmn, pù'-ar, n.m. power, authority;
(French,) Mackintyre, the poet.
R
R, r, the fourteenth letter of the Gaelic
alphabet, named Ruis, the alder-tree.
'R, for ar, pro. le V cinn, with your heads ;
2d, for bhur, your ; le 'r cead, with your
permission.
R' for ri ; r'a taobh, at her side ; r'a cois,
at tier foot; r'a chois, at his foot.
Ra, ra, adi\ too, too much, very, exceed-
ing, quite; ra-mhòr, too large, very
great ; is tu an Dia ra-mhòr, thou art a
very great God, Smith's Psalms. — Since
the tURious RULE was introduced into
Gaelic, " that he who writes the greatest
nonsense is always the best Gaelic scho-
lar," this word has been written ro-mhor,
ro-bheag, too great, too little, or very
great, very little; ra-mhath.VLryiuell'. too
good; cha 'n 'eil mi ra-chinnteach. Jam
not very sure ; tha e gu rabhochd, he is
very sici: ; cha 'n 'eil e ra-thogarrach, he
is not excessively willing.
Rabach, rab'ach, a. litigious. Irish.
Rabaihe, ràb'-iu-.à, n. m. quarrelsome fel-
low.
Rabh, rav, v. warn, guard.
Rabhacaire, rav'-achg-ur-a, ru m. a non-
sensical rhapsodist, haranguer, or proser.
Rabhacaireachd, rav'-achg-ur-achg, n.f.
rhapsody, prosing, haranguing, talking
nonsense.
Rabhachail, rav'-ach-al, a. admonitory.
Rabhadair, rav'-ad-àèr, n, m. a beacon, a
Warner, a spy, a scout.
Rabhadii, ràv'-À, pt. warning; n. m. a
friendly hint, or information, caution;
thoir rabhadh dha, inform, tell, put him
or tier on the alert.
Rabhairt, ràv'-àrjt, n. f. spring-tide, a
person that goes furiously to work ; mur-
dered in many places keobhart.
Rabhoil, rav'-ul, n. m. n.f. rhajisody de-
livered in a drawling manner, mad say-
ing ; drawling in manner or gait.
Rabhd, rav'-ud, n.f. nonsensical, or idle
talk.
Rabhdaire, rav'-ad-àèr, n. m. rhapsodi.st
Rabhadaireachd, ràv'-ad-àèr-achg, n. f.
rhapsody, prosing, verbiage, haranguing.
Rabhdail, rav'-ad-al, n.f. prosing, coarse-
ness.
Rag, ràchg, n. m. in the North, a drake ;
(trachd,) a rake, (rallsa,; in Ireland, a
king ; West, discordant, disgusting mu-
sic or oratory.
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