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BEATHAICHTE 3.
beathaick thusa mise an diugh, is heath-
eac/utidh noise thusa am màiteach, feed
you me to-day and I will feed you to-
morrow. A. B.
BEATHAICHTE, bèa'-Ècli-tya, p. ftxi, nour-
ished, supported, maintained.
Beathalachd, bèa'-hal-achg, n. f. vita-
lity.
Beathannan, bè'-ann-un, p?. victuals.
Beathail, bè'-'hal, a, vital, living, pertain-
ing to life.
Beic, baèchg, n. m. courtesy, obeisance ;
V. courtesy ; dean do bii^ic, make a
courtesy, make your obeisance.
Beiceis, baèchg'-àsh, n. f. hopping, bob-
biJig, skipping, frisking ; beic leuimiach,
prancivff.
Beiceasacb, baèchg'-ash-ach, a. fond of
hopping, bobbing ; frisky.
Beiceil, bàèchg'-al, re. /. and p. courtesy-
ing, hopping, frisking, prancing.
Beilbbeag, bal'-uv-ag, n.f. a com poppy.
Beile, bal'-lya, n. m. bit of bridle.
Beilean, bàl'-lyàn', n.m. a prating mouOi,
a little mouth.
Beii.eanacb, bal'-an'-ach, a. prating; «.
/. a prating, garrulous female ; loqiuvci-
ous, talkative.
B£U,eanaohd, bal".an'-achg, -n. f. half-
impertinent prattle, or prating.
Beileach, baly''.ach, n.f. a muzzle for a
horse, or any other brute ; In Lewis, beil-
eag; in other places, meileag.
Beileich, baly"-èch, v muzzle, stop im-
pertinent talk.
Beileag, baly'-ag, n.f. a muzzle ; the out-
er coating of a birch tree. H.
Beilleach, ball"-ach, a. blubber-lipped,
(borrach,) having thick Ups. H.
Beimcheap, bàm'-chyàp, n. f. a whipping
stock. SI. L.
Being, bang, n.f. a bench plank of a bed.
Beingidh, bang'-è and -6ch, ruf. the front
plank of a bed ; a bank. Is.
Beinn, bànn', n. f. a mountain, a hill, a
pinnacle ; mar an ceo thall air a bheinn,
as the distant mist on the hill. 0.
Beinneal, banS'.nyal, n. m, binding of a
sheaf of corn, H.
Beir, bar'2, v. n. irreg. bear ; lay hold of,
capture, overtake, get out of sight with ;
agus beiridh tu mac, and thou shalt bear
a son ; agus beiridh i mac agus bheir thu
losA, mar ainm air ; oir soaraidh e a
shluagh fein o 'm peacaibh, and she shall
bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his
name Jesus ; for he shaU save his people
from their sins ; agus rug e air ar
sliabh Ghilead, and he overtook him in
the mount of Gilead ; beir uam e ! beir
nam e 1 away with him ! away with h
fcuch bithidh maighdean torrach agus
BEOTHACHAN
beiridh i mac, beliold a virgin shall /jC
vrith child and bring forth a son; mur
beirear iiuine a ris cha fheud (fhoad) e
rioghachd dhè f haieinn, unless a man is
born again, he cannot see the kingdom of
G(id; beir air an uan, catch, or lay hold
of the lamb ; rug sinn orra ma leth an
rathaid, we overtook them about halfway ;
'nuair chi thu bean oileanach beir urra,
beir urra, oir, mar beir thusa urra, beiridh
fear eile urra, when you see an accojitr
pOshed lady (female) take her, take her ;
for unless you will, another will take
her. B. A. &c.
Beirbh, btir'-uv, n. /. Copenhagen; baile
mòr Lochlainn, the chief city, capital,
or metropolis of Denmark.
Beirm, bar'-um, barm ; deasgnain. Ar.
Beirte, bar"-t>à, p. bom, brought forth.
Beist, bashj, n. m. and f. a beast, a brute,
a beastly person ; beist dubh beist donn,
an otter; bcisd mhaol, a sea calf. H.
Beistealachd, bashg'-all-achg, n./. beast-
liness, bmtality, brutishness.
Beisteag, bashj'-ag, n.f. an earth worm.
Beisteil, bashj'-al, n. beastly, brutish.
Beith, bà2'-à, or ba, the second letter of
the alphabet ; birch.
Beithir, bà'-hyur', n. / a prodigiously
large serpent. There are most surpris-
ing stories about such large serpents in
the Highlands. See Nathair ; in Lw. a
thunder-bolt; a very large skate, M. L. ;
a bear. Ar.
Beitir, ba'-tyur, a. tidy, neat, clean. 3If.
Beo, byò, a. lively, active ; tha e gu
math beo, he is pretty linely, or brisk ;
living, alive ; air gaoith chithear suinn
nach beo, on the wind are seen he-
roes that are not, that are no mf.re,
are dead, 0- ; ma bhitheas mi heb, if I
live; maris bed mise, cha 'n'eil tlachd
agamsa ann am has a pheacaich, deir an
Tighcarn, as I live, saith the Lord, I
have no pleasure in the death of the wick-
ed; n. c. life time, the living ; ri d' bheò,
during your life time ; cha'n f haic thu
ri d' bheò e, youshallneverseehim; nach
beo e, ft he not living ? am bheil e bed, is
he living? am bed dhuit, a Dheirg, are
you living, or are you aliv.',ODargo.' gu
ma fad ied anrigh, long live the king/ B.
0. ; am beo e, is he living^ am beo 's na
mairbh, the living and the dead ; neas is
beo mi, during my life time, while Hive;
annan tir nam beo, in the land nftheliv-
ing; ihoii bed, bring alive ; beo-leatrom-
ach, quick withchild; beo-dhiiil, a living
creature ; beo-iobairt, a living sacrifice ;
beo.ghlac, take alive.
Beothaciian, byò'ach-an, n. m, a little
fire.