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■pbr, m., 4761, seed ; Gr. awipos,
seed ; so Ir.
■postadh, m., tramping with the
feet; Sc. post, posting,
prabaire, m., 5665, a low fellow;
prab, rheum in the eyes ; prab-
ach, blear-eyed; Ir. prdib,
rheum, discharge from the
corner of the eye.
prbbar, m., 5781, a rabble.
prdmh, m., sleep ; duisgte as mo
ph.—W.R. 58 ; 618, 4863, heavi¬
ness of sleep, grief, dejection.
prdmhail, 2884, sleepy.
prasgan, m., 2559, a troop, group ;
used mockingly, “a contemp¬
tible little army ” ; ged a thuirt
thu le blasbheum Ruinn
“ Prasgan nan Garbhchrioch,”
Chum sinn cogadh ri Sasunn,
Re tacain ’s ri h-Albainn—
Celt. Rev. V., 125 ; thkinig am
p. is Coirneal MacAoidh—T.
72 ; Ir. broscdn, broscur a heap
of fragments ; a mob, rabble ;
crowd, crew.
preas, m., 892 (1) a bush; (2) a
copse; chan ’eil mo lair am p.
—G. 121 ; so regularly in place-
names ; (3) a wrinkle, fold ; tha
t’fholtan donn dualach ’Na
chuachaibh ’s na phreasaibh—
G. 68 ; hence, am feile preas-
nach, the pleated kilt; Welsh
prys, a copse ; not in Ir.
prlobairteach; f., 3958, meanness,
avarice; M. Eng. bribour,
rascal, thief; O. Fr. bribeur,
beggar, vagabond, bribe, a
morsel of bread ; Eng. bribe,
pris, i., 786,1164,1749,1830, 2792,
value, esteem ; M. Eng. pris,
price ; Lat. pretium.
procach, m., 2144, a year-old
stag; prog, a sharp pointed
instrument; a tine.
pronn, vb., pronn, adj., 2962,
pounded fine ; pound; Ir.
pronnaim, I eat; smash ; Lat.
prandium, a meal.
pronnadh, m., 586, 2890, pound¬
ing (often of music played with
the fingers).
prosbaig, f., 2132, a spy-glass,
telescope ; Eng. prospect,
prosmunn, m., 4381, incitement;
by-form of brosdadh; cf. bros-
luim, incitement, H.S.D.; E.
reads brosluinn.
prostan, m., 4928, a band ; cf. Ir.
prosndn, a troop, company;
brosna, a faggot.
pudhar, m., 3842, 5505, harm,
scathe; Lat. pudor.
purp, m., 560, sense, intelligence ;
Eng. purpose.
purpais, m., 5364, theme ; Eng.
purpose.
rdbhartach, 506, full of hilarious
exaggerated talk; ro and her,
as in abair, say.
rabhd, f., 2489, idle talk.
rac, rag, f., 2274, a rag ; Eng.
rdcadal, m., 2883, screeching.
rag, 2336, r. mheirleach, an arrant
thief; cf. dearg mheirleach,
2489.
ragachadh, 107, act of tightening
(fishing lines); rag ; root of Lat.
rigeo.
rditinn, 403, saying ; rddh.
rdmh-brdghad, m., 5029, the bow
oar, the oar next the prow of
the boat.
ranrd, pi. ranntaidh, 5513, sup-
poi ters, allies; is m6r gu’r
dith fear do rannt o’n dh’eug
thu—T. 70 ; dheanainn seanchas
mu’n cuairt duit Air do rannt-
ainibh farsaing—T. 85; (the
Munroes, Dunbars, &c., are
enumerated) ; Nis o sgithich mo
cheann Sior thuireadh do rannt
—T. 90; Gura farsaing do
ranntaibh Ri sheanchas ’s ri
shloinne; Gur tu oighre an
lari Rich, &c.—cruinnighid a