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BOIDHCHEAD 4
ieg. more beautiful ; is ise is boidfiche,
she is the more or most beautiful.
BoiDHCHEAD, bòèch'-chvud, n. f. degree of
beauty ; increase in beauty.
BoiOHRE, bòèr'-rà, deg. camp, more or most
deaf or dull of hearing, more commonly
biiidhre.
BoiDHREAD, boèr'.ud, n.f. degree of deaf-
ness.
BoiDicH, bòj'-èch, D. vow, promise ; fore-
swear solemnly ; bhùidich thu bòid do'n
tigheam, thou hast solemnly vowed unto
the Lord ; thou hast vowed a vow ; boidean
chiaraig ris na feaiaibh is bòid nam fear
uile ri ciarag, like the swarthy maid who
foreswore the men, as she had been fore-
sworn by them. G. P.
BoiDSEAR, bajsh'-ar", n. m. a blockhead, a
stupid fellow.
BoiDSEARiCHD, bòjsh'-ar2-aehg, n. f. stu-
pidity-, the conduct of a blockhead.
Boil, bu'l, n. f. madness in the ex-
treme, rage, fury ; highest degree of
passion, frenzy ; c'arson a ghabh na
cinnich boil, why did the heathen
rage, P. ; a chridhe laistc, le boil chatha,
his soul highly inflamed with the fury
of battle, S. ; tha e air boil, he is fu-
riously mad, he is under the influence
of the greatest passion; fear na boUe, the
passionate man, Bible ; 's ann a tha thu
air boil, you are quite mad ; 's ann orra a
siod a bha bhoil, how mad or enraged
those were.
BoiLicH, bò'll'-èch, n.f. ostentation, boast-
ing, romancing ; gasgonading ; telling
fibs ; tha e cho Ian do bhùUich is a tha 'n
ubh do'n bhiadh, he is so full cf romanc-
ing as the egg is of substance, (meat;)
thoir thairis do d' bhòilich, be done of
your romaiicing or gasgonading.
BoiLLSG, bull'-tshg, n. f. prattling. ST. L.
BoiLLSG, buU'-eshg, v. flash, gleam, shine
with great lustre or glitter ; n. f. efful-
gence, glitter.
BoiLLSGEACH, buU'-èshg-ach, a. flashing,
gleaming, shining with effulgence.
BoiLLSGEADH, bull'-èshg-i, E. m. efful-
gence; p. gleaming, shining; beaming.
BoiLLSGEANTA, buU'-èshg-annt-a, n. f
gleaming, flashy, gaudy ; fond of dress.
BoiLLSGEANTACHD, bull'-èshg-annt-achd,
»i./. gaudiness; effulgence, flash.
BoiLLSGEiL, buU'-èshg-al, a. flashing,
gleaming, gaudy, effulgent.
BoixE, b6n"-nyà, pen. of bo, a cow ; laogh
na boine, the cow's calf.
BoiNciu, bòèn'-àj, n. f. a bonnet.
BoiNE AXTA, bòèn'-nyant-a, a. mild, gentle ;
stout, handsome. 31. In.
BoiNEANTACHD, boin'-nyant-àchg, n. /.
mildness, gentleness, handsomeness.
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BoiXN, ba6inn, pi. oi bann, hinge, &c.
BoiNXE, bòèn'-nyà, n. m. a drop ; boinne
taig, a drop of rain. Dr. M'Leod.
BoiXNEALAlcH, bòin'-uyal-èch, n./. drop-
ping of rain before a shower.
BoiR, bòèr, 71. ni. an elephant. Irish.
BoiRCHE, bòèrch'-chà, n. n> an elk, a buf-
falo ; a thick edge.
BoiREAL, bòèr'-al, n. m. a jomer's brace.
BoiREAM, bòer'-um, n. m. a rumour, a sur-
mise, creating a hubbub. Islay.
BoiREAJiAiL, bòèr'-um-al, a. spreading ks
a rumour or surmise ; creating great in-
terest.
BoiRio.v.v, bòèr"-unn, a. female, of the
feminine gender ; feminine, belonging to
a female.
BoiRioNNACH, bòèr.unn-àch, n. f. a fe-
male; boirionnach bòidheach, a pretty
female ; firionnach is boirionnach, a male
anda female, a man and a woman ; boir-
ion-nach eireachdail, a handsome female.
BoiRG, boer' eg, ti. n>. a little screwed-up
mouth.
BoiRGEACH, bòer'-èg-ach, a. having a litue
prating mouth ; n. /! a prating female.
BoiRGiRE, bòer'-èg-èr-à, a fellow with a
httle screwed mouth, a tattler.
BoiscEAl, baòèsh'-kyal, n. m. and /. a s;i-
vage man or woman. Ar.
Boi5E, bòèsh'-à, gen. of bas, the palm of
the hand.
BoisEAG, bòsh'-àg, n. f. a palm full of
water ; a blow with the palm or on the
palm.
BoisEiD, bòsh'-èj, n.f. a budget, a belt, a
girdle. H. S.
BoisG, ba6èshk, v. flash, gleam, dart, shine
with effulgence.
BoisGEACH, baoeshk'-àch, a. flashing, shin-
ing, gleaming, effulgent ; sparkling.
Boise EALACHD, baoèshg'-àl-achg, n. /. ef-
fulgence, radiance, glitter, brightness.
BoisGEANTA, baùèshg'-annt-a, flashing.
BoiSGEANTACHD, baSèshg'-annt-àchg, n. f.
luminousness, brightness ; gleaming.
BoiSGElL, boaeshg'-al, a. bright, g.eam-
ing, beaming.
BoiTEAL, b6èt".al, n, m. pride. Arm.
BoiTEAX, b6èt"-an', a bundle or truss of
straw or hay; some places, boiteal.
BoiTEANAicH, b6èt"-an'-èch, v. make into
bundles or trusses.
BoiTiDH, boèl'-è, 71. TB. asow: ìtjì. boitidh '
boitidh ! Skye; in At gyle, duradh ! du.
radh !
BoiTH, boych, n. f. a hut, a mean eott.-'^e.
BoLADH, b6ir-S, 7i. m. smell, stink; toi-
adh grainiel, an ulominable smeli.
BoLAX.VTA, boH'-annt-à, a. excellent.
Bo-LAoiGH, bò'-làoègh', n.f. a cow with a
calf, a milch cow.
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