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AM IF ARC 1
must look behind him-looh before you
leap.
Am H ARC, av'-ark, n. m. look, appearance;
is bochd an t-amharc th' air, he has a mi-
serable appearance; view, sight; 'san
amharc, in view, in sight ; a' dol as an
amharc, getting mit of sight; the vizzy
of a gun ; inspection.
A.MHARCACH, àv'-ark-ach, a. considerate,
attentive, humane ; bha sin amharcach
uaith, that xoas very coiisiderate of
him.
Amuarcaiche, àv'-àrk-èch-à, n. m. a spec-
tator.
Amharis, a\-'-ur-ns, suspicion, doubt; is
mòr m' amharus, I very mut/i suspect ;
tha gun amharus, yes, most undoubted-
ly, most utiquestionably ; decidedly so.
Amharusach, av'-ur-us-ach, a. suspicious,
doubtful ; distrustful, ambiguous.
Amhari'sacmd, av'-ur-us-achg, n. /. dis-
trustfulness, suspiciousness, ambiguous-
Amhghar, av'-ghar, n. m. affliction, tribu-
lation, anguish, dismay, distress.
Amhgharach, àv'-ghar-ach, a. afflicted.
Amhlair, àv'-llar2, a silly inoffensive man,
A.mhlaireachd, àv'-Uar-achg, ruf. fooling
away one's time ; trifling conduct.
Amhluadh, àv'-U', n. m. confusion, dis-
may.
Amhlaisg, àv'.llèshg, n.f. bad beer.
Amhn'ARAch, àv.nnàr'-ach, a. shameless.
AMnt'iL, à\''-ul, ad. as, like as, even as;
amhuil mar Nimord an sealgair cumh-
achdach, just as, or even as Nimrod
the mighty hunter. B. ; is amhuil sin
a bhios na peacaich, just so, or even so,
shall the sinners be. Sm. Written some,
times amhluidh ; n.f. attention, regard ;
na biodh amhuil agad da, never mind
him, or it; pay no attention to him
or it; air an ainhuil cheudna, in like
A.MHUILT, àv'-ult2, n.f. a hellish trick or
stratagem ; deceit.
.\MHL'ILTEACH, àv'.uU2-ach, fl. fuU Of
bad tricks, deceitful, wicked ; full of
stratagems.
Amhuilteachd, àv'-ult— aehg, n, f. ex-
treme deceit, deceitfulness ; degree of de-
ceit.
Amhuiltear, av'-ult'-ar*, n. m. a stratagist,
a cunning fellow.
.\MiiUiLTEARACUD, àv'-ult'-ar'-achg, 71. /.
a trick ; extreme deceitfulness.
Ajiladh, ara'-llA, n. m. impediment, ob-
struction, entanglement; p. entwining,
entangling, retarding.
Am LAC, am'-lag, n./. a curl, a ringlet.
Amlagach, am'-lag-ach, a. curled, in ring-
lets.
AXABLACH
Amlagaich, am'-lag-ech, curl, make int&
ringlets.
Amraidh, am'-rrè, n. m. cupboard. Sc.
Am maireacii, um'-màr— ach, ad. to-mor-
row ; am muigh, um-mùè, out, out-
side.
A.v, un, art. mas. sing, used before all let-
ters, except b, f, m, and p, which take
am; as, an cia, the dog; an guth, the
foi«— pronounced ung ku, ung gù. It
takes t- before vowels ; as an t-each, an
t-eun, the horse, the bird; takes t- in the
gen. and dat. of nouns beginning with si,
sn, sr ; as, an t-sluaigh, ayi t-snàimh, of
the multitude, of the swimming. The
article is often used without being trans-
lated into English : 1. when the noun is
followed by so, siod, sin ; as, an eii so,
this dog; am bealach so, this breach, or
gate.u'ay ; 2. before a noun preceded by
an adjective; as, is mòr an duinc c, is
maithanduine e, he is a great man, he is
a good man ; .5. before names of places ;
as, ann an Albainn, aims an Fliraing, in
Scotland, iji France,
An, un, pass. pro. their; as, an cuid, their
property ; used before all letters, except
b,f, m, p, which take am ; as, a>n bailc,
their toivn; am feariam; their land; am
màthair, their mother.
An, un, rel. pro. as, leis an d'f hag mi e,
with whom I left it; leis an d'f halbh e,
with whom he tt'fjii— contracted before
prepositions 'n; as, o'n d'thiinig e, of
whom he is descended.
Ax, un, int. pro. as, an tu so, is this you ?
used before all letters, except b,f, m, p,
which take am ; as, am fac thu, saw yon,
&c.
An, un, an expletive particle, placed before
all verbs, excepting those beginning
with i,/,m,p, which take am, as, gus
an abair iad, till they have said.
Anabaisteach, an'-a-basht2-ach, n. c. an
anabaptist, a. relating to an anabaptist.
Anabarr, an'-abarr, n. m. excess, super-
fluity ; sometimes written armbharr.
Anabarrach, an'-a-barr-ach, a. exceed,
ing, excessive, desperate, indispensible
anabarrach feumail, indispensibly or
very necessary ; anabarrach aingidh,
desperately wicked — used as an adverb.
An abas, an'-a-bass, n. m. dregs. Bible.
Anabasach, an'-a-hass-ach, a. muddy.
Anabeachdail, an'-a-bcchg'-al, a. inat-
tentive, — haughty : 2. not recollecting,
not punctual.
Anabhiorach, an'-a-ver-ach, n. m. ccnti.
pede, whitloe, meall-coinein.
Anabiiiil, an'-a-vhùll, misapplication.
Anablacfi, an'-ab-lach, n. m. coarse
flesh. 5.