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Ball-àbiiaciid, s. f. A laughing stock; an object of
mockery ; a gazing stock. Ball abhachd do na bheil mun
cuairt, a /aiig/iing stuck to all around. — Smith.
Ballach, «. ( /;um ball.) Gr. ^aMo^, maculostis. Spotted;
striped; tartan; bossy; walled; having lofty walls. Breac
agus ballach, speckled and spotted. — Stew. Gen. An sgiath
bhallach, t/ie bossy shield. — Oss. Fing. Sgiath bhallach
nam beum, the spotted shield of blows. — Oss. Tern. Bonaid
bhallach, a spotted or tartan bonnet. — Macfar. Com. and
sup. ballaiche.
Ball', for ballad li.
Ball-acfhuinn, Ò. ?H. A tool ; instrument; tackling.
Balladii, aidh, Balla, ai, ,9. w. (Lo^ vall-um. Swed.\^\.
Ir. balia.) A wail, a rampart ; also the boss of a shield.
Balladh a bhaile, the wall of the town. — Stew. Jos. Bade
nam balla cam, the town of the winding walls. — Oss. Tcm.
Meirg air a balla, rust on its boss. — Oss. Cath. and Col.
Balladh dealachaidh, a partition-wall. — Stew. 1 K. N. pi.
ballachan.
Ballag, aig, s.f. An egg-shell; also a skull. Ir. ballog,
a skull.
Ballag-losgainn, s.f. A toad-stool ; a mushroom.
Ball-airm, s. m. A weapon. Thilg gach ball-àirm, even/
weapon was thrown aside. — Oss. Fing.
Ballairt, gen. sing, of ballart.
Ballan, ain, 4. j«. (//•. ballan. 6'co/t7i, balden.) A tub ; a
bucket ; a churn ; a sliell ; a covering ; a broom ; a teat
or udder. Ballan binntiche, a cheese-press ; ballan losgainn,
toad-stool ; ballan bainne, a milk-tub ; ballan nigheachain,
a washing-tub ; ballan seilcheig, ballan stiallach, a kind of
pillory.
Ballan-binntiche, s. m. A cheese vat or press.
Ballan-losgainn, s. m. A toad-stool; a mushroom.
Ballan-nioiieaciiain,Ballan-nigheadaireachd, «. ?n.
A washing-tub.
Ballan-seilciieig, s. m. A snail-shell.
Ballan-stiallach, s. m. A pillory. Air ballan stiallach
'g ad sparradh, fastening thee to the pillori/. — Old Poem.
The bnllan-slialtuch was a kind of" pillory, used of old in the
Higlilamis, for punishing liars and petty offenders. It was a sort of
liunie erected on a pillar, to which the culprit was tightly bound
with a rope about the shoulders, by which he hung, exposed to the
ridicule anil maltreatment of passengers.
Ballard, Ballart, airt, s. m. Loud noise, clamour, turbu-
lence. Gun bhallart, gun mhòrchuis, without noise or
boasting. — Moladh mhoraig.
Ballardach, Ballartach, a. Noisy, turbulent, clamo-
rous, troublesome. Com. and sup. bailardaiche or ballart-
aiche, more or most noisy.
Ballardaciiadh, Ballartachadii, aidh, s. m. A pro-
clamation; the act of proclaiming, bawling, or making a
noise.
Ballardaciid, Ballartachd, s. f. A proclamation;
noise ; clamour.
Ballardadii, Ballartadh, aidh, s. m. A proclamation.
Ballardaich, Ballartaich, i.y". A loud noise ; a howl-
ing ; a shouting, hooting. Ciod a bhallartaich th' art?
what are you howling at !
Ballardaicii, Ballartaicii, v. n. Proclaim; howd,
shout, hoot. Fret. a. bhallardaich, shouted; fit. off. a.
ballardaichidh, shall shout.
Ball-bhreac, Ball-biireaciid, a. Variegated, chequered,
spotted, grisled. A bheath bhall-bhreachd, variegated Ife.
— Oss. Conn. Mar neulaibh ball-bhreac, like spotted clouds,
i. e. like that modification of cloud which metereologians
term cirro-cumulus.
Ball-chrith, i. Trembling; terror; tremor; a trembling
with terror. An darach air ball-chrith, the oak trembling.
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— Orran. Fo bhall-chrith mar dhuilleach, trembling like
leax'es. — Oss. Duthona. Ball-chrith air righrean an domh-
ain, terror on the kings of the earth. — SteuK 0. T. Le ball-
chrith deanaibh gairdeachas, rejoice with trembling. — Sm.
Ball-ci.uaise, s. m. The sheet rope of a vessel.
Ball-coise, s. m. A foot-ball.
Ball-deise, s. m. An instrument to whicli two persons
have a right ; a tool ; any useful instrument or weapon.
Ball-diiearg, a. Grisled; bay-coloured. Eich bhall-
dhearg, bay horses. — Stew. Zech.
Ball-diomiiair, s. m. A secret member: membrum puden-
dum. Buill dhiomhair, secret members.
Ball-dobhrain, s. m. A mole.
Ball-dubii, s. m. A blot, a blemish. — Macd.
Ball-fan AID, 4-. m. A laughing stock; an object of mockery.
Ball-faobiirach, aich, s. m. A sharp-edged instrument.
Ball-fearais, s. m. Membrum virile.
Ball-fochaid, s. m. A laughing stock; an object of de-
rision. — Stew. Job.
Ball-ghalar, air, *. m. A plague ; a gonorrhoea.
Ball-iomchair, i. OT. A support, a prop ; an undersetter.
— Stew. 1 K. rtf.
Ball-macaidii, s. m. A laughing stock; an object of de-
rision. — Stew. Job.
Ball-mosglaidh, s. m. An instrument for sounding an
alarm. — Oss. Tern.
Ball-oibre, 4. JH. A tool, an instrument. iV.;;/. buill oibre.
Ball-òtraicjie, s. m. A puddle or slough ; a miry place.
Ball-sampi'ill, i. m. An example; a sample, a specimen.
Rinn e ball sampuill dhiubh, he made an example of them. —
Stew. Col.
Ball-seirce, s. m. A beauty-spot. — Macd.
Ball-sgeig, s. m. A laughing stock, a mocking stock, an
object of derision. Ni mi a chathair na ball-sgeig, I will
fnake the city a (hissing) laughing stock. — Stew. G. B.
Ball-sgeimiie, s. m. A beauty-spot. — Macd.
Ball-sgiatii, -sgeithe, s. f. A bossy shield. Fionnghal
nam ball-sgiath, Fingal with the bossy shield. — Oss. Fing.
Ball-soiorradii, aidh, s. m. A deed done unexpectedly;
a feat.
Ball-sgiorrail, a. Performing unexpected deeds.
Ball-sgòid, .s. 7«. A sheet rope; a spot, a blemish. — Macd.
A blister. — Shaw.
Ball-tamailt, s. m. An object of disgrace, or of reproach.
Tha thu do bhall tàmailt, thou art an object of disgrace. —
Mac Lach.
Ball-toirmisg, 4'.?». A forbidden tool ; a forbidden weapon.
Balt, bailt, s. m. (Ir. balta.) A welt; a belt, a border.
N. pi. baltan.
Baltacii, a. Welted, belted, bordered.
Baltaicii, v. a. Welt, belt, border. Pret. a. bhaltaich ;
fut. ajf. a. baltaichidh.
Ban, bain, s. m. The matrix of a cow.
t Ban, bain, s. m. Copper; a copper mine. — Ir. id.
Ban, s.f {Pers. bann, a dame. Ir. ban.) A female; a
woman, wife, a dame. Asp. form, bhan. Beul bhaa
coimheach, the mouth of strange women.— Stew. Pro. Am
measg bhan òg, among young females. — Old Song.
Ban, a. White, pale, fair, fair-haired; also vacant, waste.
Nighean bhroillich bhàin, white-bosomed maid. — Oss. Fing.
Siiiil bhan, white sails. — Oss. Carricth. Fhir bhàin, thou
fair-haired man; talamh ban, waste ground; eich bhan,
white hurses. — Stew. Zech. Com. and sup. bàine.
Ir. ban. Manx, ban. Heb. and Chald. la-ban, white.
Si/r. labano, white. Satnaritan, laban, white. Arab, labana,
a white poplar.