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BEOIR
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B E UU R AG H
Bboir, byòèr, n. f. beer ; beoir laiclirj
strong beer ; beoir chaol, small beer.
Beolach, byò'-llàcli, n. J. ashes with liv-
ing embers, hot ashes.
Beo-shlaiste, bjol'.hlàent'-tj'à, n.f. life-
rent ; tha 'beo-shlalnte aice liheth, she has
a life-rent of it; livelihood; gabh do
beòshlainic dheth, take your livclUiood
ofit.
Beothach, byò'-ach, n. c. a beast, a
brute.
Beothachadh, byo'-ach-S, n. m. and p.
reanimation, refreshment ; reanimating ;
kindling as afire; enlivening; quicken-
ing.
Beothachail, byo'-aeh-al, a. having a re-
animating or quickening influence.
Beotiiaich, byo'-èch, v. kindle ; reani-
mate, revive, quicken.
Beothail, byò'-al, a, lively, active, brisk.
Beothalacud, byi/.all-achg, n.f. liveli-
ness, smartness, briskness ; agility, acti-
vity.
Beuban, bab'-an, any thing mangled. See
Eubainn, eu- and-bainne, a starveling.
Beubanaich, bàb'-an-èch, v. mangle.
Beuc, bèuchg, V. yell, bellow ; ?!. ni. a yell,
an outcry, a bellow.
Beucail, bèuchg'-ul, n. m. andp. yelling,
bellowing; roaring.
Beud, ba'd, or bad', n. m. harm, hurt, mis.
chief, pity, nothing ; cha 'n 'eil beiid air,
there's nothing the matter with him ; 's
mòr am beud e, it is a great pity, cha d'
eirich beud da, no harm has happened to
him ; duan gun bheud, a poem without
blemish, 0. ; cha d' f huilinn e beud, he
sustained no loss; druidear beul nam
beud, iniquity shall shut her mouth ; cha
bhi beud on, nothing will be wrong tvith
you.
Beudach, ba'd'-iich, a. hurtful, blemished,
guilty ; fatal ; is beudach borb am buille,
fatal and fierce is the blow; am fear a
bhios beudach, cha sguir e dh' eigneach-
adh chàich, he that is guilty himself, tries
to involve others. Os. Ar.
Beudachd, ba'd"-àcbg, luf. harm, hurt.
Beul, beul or bè'l, n. m. a mouth; is tobar
beathafif!i/an f hircin, the moiUh of a righ-
teous man is a well of life, B. ; air bheul a
bhi deas, nearly prepqred, or ready ; bnU
an lalha, dawnfif day; beul nah-oidhche,
dusk of the evening ; an taobh bevil, the
fore-part, or front ; beul ri, about, near ;
beul ri tri miosa, about three montlis.
Bible, Arm.
BEULAcn, bèul'-aeh (not ba'-lach), a. fawn-
ing, fair-spoken, plausible, prating.
Bell-chrabhadh, bèul'-chràv-àt, hypo-
crisy, lip-religion ; beul ghradh, lip-love,
flattenj, dissiraulaiion; cuir, a Thigh-
earna, faire air mo bheul ; gleidh dorus
mo bhilean, set, Lord, a watch before
my mouth, tceep the door of my lips. B.
Beulachas, beul'-ach-us, n, /. fawning,
flattering, artful speaking.
Beulac, bèul'-àg, n.f. a gap, afissure. A'. ;
a fore tooth.
Beul-aithris, bèul'-aèr-èsh, n. /. tradi.
tion; beulaiihris nan seaaax, the tradi-
tion of the elders. Bible.
Beulaobii, bèul'-hàov, n. m. front, fore-
side, presence; written more correctly
heuUhaobh. See Dr. N. M'Leod's Col.
beul phurgaid, n gargle.
Beulstoc, bèul'-stochg, n. m. a gunwale,
Islay ; in some places of Argyle, beul-
mòr.
BEULxnAOBH, bèul'-haov, n. m. front, pre-
sence ; beulthaobh an tighe, the front of
the house; air mo hheultliaobh, in my
preseiice; cuir air a bheulthaobh e, set it
before him.
Belm, bam, n. m. a cut, a gash, a stroke, a
sarcasm or taunt ; cha ruig tha leas bcum
a thoirt, you not need taunt or gibe me;
V. strike ; taunt ; ring.
Beumach, bam'-ach, a. sarcastic, bitter,
destructive; mar theine bheumach, like
a destructive fire, Os. Ar. ; aineoiach
beumach, ignorant and sarcastic. M. A.
Beu.mnach, bam'-nach, a. sarcastic, re-
proachful ; bilean beumnach,reproachful
lips, B. ; destructive ; buillean cothrora-
ach beumnach, well-aimed destructive
blows. 0. A.
Beum sgeithe, bàm'-ska-à, n, m. a strik-
ing the shield, the usual mode of giving
challenge, or of sounding an alarm a-
mong the old Caledonians; le beum
sgeithe ghlaoidh iad comhrag, with a blow
on the shield they called to battle ; bhuail
Treunmor beujn sgeithe, Treunmor
sounded an alarm, Oss. Arm. ; a severe
sarcasm, a sly insinuation. Is.
Beum-sul, bam'-sùl, «. m. a blasting of the
eye, an optical delusion. Arm.
Bel-r, barr, n. m. a pinnacle; beitr ard, a
lofty pinnacle. Ossian, Arm. See bearr-
adh, — wit.
Beurla, barr'-Ua, n.f. the English tongue ;
gnathbheurla na h-Eirionn, the vernacu-
lar dialect of the Irish ; beurla Albann-
ach, the Anglo Scottish ; a' bheurla leath-
an a' bheurla mhòr, the broad Scotch;
Shassunnach, pure English. H. S.
Beurlach, bàrr'-llàch, a. well- versed in
the English language, belonging to the
English language.
Beubra, barr'-a, a. eloquent and witty,
well-spoken— genteel. Arm.
Bevrrach, barr'-ach, a. witty, eloquent,
71./. pr.ating female.