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BOLB
BoLB, bol'.ub, n.f. a sort of worm. Ir.
BoLG, bull'-ug, and bal'-ag, n. m. a pair of
bellows; a womb; sèid am bolg, b.'ow
the bellows ; a bolg na maidne, from the
womb of the morning, S. ; bolg saighid,
a quiver ; a blister ; a big belly ; v. bulge,
swell, puff, blister.
BOLGACH, boU'-ug-ach, a. bulging, jutting,
having a large belly ; n. f. corpulent fe-
male.
BoLGAiRE, bòU'-ug-ur'-à, n. m. a man with
a big belly ; a glutton.
BoLGAM, boli'-ug-um, n. 7«. a mouthful of
any liquid ; bolgam bainne, a mouthful
of milk; bolgam uisge, a mouthful of
water.
BoLGAN, boU'-ag-an, n. m. the calf of the
leg ; a little blister. D. M.
BoLG-LosGAiNN, boU'-ug-Uòsg-ènn, n. m. a
mushroom.
BoLGAN - BEUCAN, boU'-àg-an-bèuchg-an,
n. m. a fuzz-ball.
BoLLA, bòU'-à, n. m. a net or anchor-
buoy ; a boll ; holla mine, a boll (fmeal ;
bolla buntata, a boll of potatoes.
BoLLSG, boU'-usg, V. bluster, babble.
BoLLSGAcn, bòll'-usg-ach, a. blustering,
boasting; n-f. a blustering curious fe-
male.
BoLLSGAiRE, bòll'-usg-ur-à, n. m. bluster,
ing, swaggering, bullying fellow.
BoLLSGAiREACHD, bòH'-usg-arr-àchg, n.f.
a habit of blustering or swaggering.
BoLLSGANNTA, bòll'-usg-annt-a, blustering,
swaggering; bullying.
BoLTRACH, boH'-ttraeh, n. f. smell, per-
fume, H. ; a volume or bolt of smoke
and fire, ashes, &c. Is.
BoLTKicHAS, bfJU'-trach-us, n. /. perfu-
mery, fragrance.
BoMANACH, bòm'-an-ach, a. blustering. D.
M.
Bonn, bon'n, n. m. a sole, a foundation, a
piece of money ; bottom or base ; bomb
of a sail ; bonn leth chruin, a half-crown
piece ; bonn na bròige, the sole of the shoe ;
thug e na buinn air, he took to his heels ;
cha 'u 'eil mi bonn ann ad eisimeil, I am
not the least in your reverence, I do not
tare a straw for you ; thoir na buinn ort,
vuike off! be qff'asfast as you can .' take
to your heels ! fiehead bonn airgid, tiven-
ty pieces of silver ; bonn na beinne, the
foot or base of the mountain ; fo bhon.
naibh ur cas, under the soles of your
feet.
BoNNAcii, bonn'-àch, n. m. a cake.
BoNNACiiAiR, bonn'.ach-ur, n- vi. a wander-
ing greedy beggar.
BoNNANTA, bonn'-annt-a, a. firm, stout.
BoNN-A-SE, bòn'it'-è-shè, and shea, 7!. m. a
halfpenny ; lit. a piece out of six.
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BoNNCHART, bòn'n'-chàrt, balk; cnàimh
criche ; near Inverary, cnocaid.
BoNNTACH, bon'n'-ttaeh, n. f. the thickest
part of a hide for soles.
BoRB, borr'-ub, v. inflame; get enrage! ;
bhoiba' chas, his foot inflamed; bhorb i
'na aghaidh, she got enraged against him.
BoRB, borr'-ub, a. turbulent; of a turbu-
lent disposition ; fierce, savage, cruel,
boisterous; o'n iorguill bhorb, frmn the
fierce contest, S. ; th' am fuaim mar an
geamhradh borb, their sound is like the
boisterous winter; nochd a sluagh borb
caoimhneas nach bu bheag dliumn, the
barbarous people shelved us no small
kindness ; is borb an duine e, /le is a pas-
sionate 7nan; buirbe, Gerceness, cruelty,
turbulence ; also more or most fierce or
furious.
BoRBACHD, b6rr-ub'-achg, n.f. turbulence,
savageness, cruelty, fierceness.
BoRBADH, borb'-i, p. inflaming, asaUrab;
enraging, getting furious.
BoRBAS, boriy-us, n.f. strictness, rigour.
BoRDUHHiATiiRAcn,borr-ub-vvhrèàrr'-àch,
a. tierce speaking ; furious.
BoRBiiAN, borv'-vhan, n. m. a murmur;
a. the purling of a streamlet; more of-
ten mhorbhaiu
BoRBiiANAiCH, borv'-vhàn-èch, n. f. mur-
muring; gurgling; muttering.
BoRBNAicii, borr-uiy-nyèch, v. enrage,
heave with anger. See Borb.
BoKBSMACHDAiL, bOr'-ub-smàchg-al, a. im-
perious, arbitrary.
BoRc, bork, v. blossom, sprout.
BoRU, bòrd'd, ji. ra. table, board ; plank;
ma'n bhòrd, about the table ; aig ceann a'
bhiiird, at the head qf the table ; sgoil
bhiiird, a boarding-school ; biiirdeasach,
a boarder ; cuir air 'bhòrd e, send him to a
boarding-house, board him; chaidh iad
air bard, they went on boatd the vessel;
air bòrd, on board ; thig air bòrd, come
on board ; am bord uaine, the green
table; bord urchair, or an urchair, the
mould bowd of a plough ; in H. S. bord
ùrchrainn ; am bord mòr, the first ser-
vice ; tha e fo'n bhòrd, he is dead. This
phrase is peculiar to apart of Perthshire,
but is quite common in Ireland ; origi-
nating from a practice that obtains, a-
mong the lower classes there, of placing
the corpse when coffined under a table ;
groaning under bottles, tobacco, &c.
Friend.
BoRU, bord'd, v. board; bhord iad an long,
they boarded the ship; tack. U.S.
BoRLUM, bòr'-llum, n. m. a sudden evacu.
ation ; a ridge of land. Skye.
BoRR, borr, n. m. a curled upper Up, a
blubber lip, Is. ; v. scent as a dog.