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BORRACH
BoRRACH, borr'-àch, a. blubber-lippetl ; n.
m. mountain grass. Siri/e.
BoRRADH, borr'-X, n. m. scent, smell.
BoRRAN, borr'-an. Utile blubber-lip.
Boso, bòsd, -v. boast, vaunt ; n. m. boast-
ing, vaunting, vain-glory ; a trunk.
BosDAiL, bÒ5d"-al, a. boastful, vain, vaunt-
ing, boasting, inclined to boast.
BosoALACHD, bòsd'-àl-àchg, re./, boastful-
ness, vain-glory; romauce, swagger-
ing.
BosDAjf, bòsd'-an, n. m. a small trunk or
box.
BosDAiR, bòsd'-ar', n. m. a swaggerer.
BoT, bOt, n. f. a vote ; v. vote.
BoT, bot, n.f. a house, bank of a river.
Both, bo, n. m. a plash, a hut. H.
BoTHAN, bu'-han, n. m. a hut, a booth, a
tent; botlian an am fasgadh nam fuar
bheaun, a hut in the shelter of the bleak-
mountains; rinn e bothain da spreidh,
iie vmde booths for his cattle ; mar bhoih-
an a ni am fear coimhead, as a booth
that the keeper maketh. B. A.
BoTRAMAiD, bot'-ram-aj, n.f. a slatem.
BoTUiNN, bòt"-Ènn, n.f. a boot.
BoTuiN.VEACH, bot'-ènn-èch, a. booted.
Brabhd, brà%''-ud, n. f. a, bandy-leg; in
Lochaber, browd.
Brabhdach, bràv'-ud-àch, a. bandy-leg-
ged ; n. /. a bandy-legged female.
Brabhdair, bràv'-ud-àr, n. m. a bandy,
legged man ; a boaster. Ar.
Brach, brach, n. m. bear; v. malt.
Brachadair, bràch'-a-dar', n. ra. a malt-
man.
Brachadh, brach'-l, p. malting ; ferment,
ing, putrifying.
Brachd, brachg, n. m. any thing ferment-
ed, rubbish.
Bradach, brad'.ach, a. thievish, stolen,
roguish ; tha thu cho bhreugach is a tha
luch cho bhradach, you lie as the mouse
pilfers, M. In. ; measar sin mar ni brad-
ach, it sitaU be reckoned as stolen goods.
Ar.
Bradag, brad'-ag, n./. a thievish female.
Bbadaidh, bràd'-è, n. m. a thief, D. M. ;
North, the devil.
Bradaidheachd, brad'.è-àchg, n.f. theft,
trickiness. D. BI. L.
Bradalach, brad'-al-achg, a. haughty,
thievish. Aim.
Brada.v, brad'-an, n. m. a salmon ; a swel-
ling in a person's skin.
Bradh, bra, n. f. a quern, a hand-mill ; is
f heairrde bradh a breacadh gu'n a brist-
eadh, pick a quern, but do not break it ;
a quern is the better of being picked, with-
out being broken.
BRAnnADAiK, brd'-ad-.ìt', n. m. a large
fire. Skye.
43 BRAIGHLEACH
Brach, brà'-gh, n. m. a burst. H.
Braghad, bràa.1, n. m. neck, throat, the
upper part of the neck; a braghad gu
ièimh a soillseadh, her neck softly shin-
ing; ruisgidh brù braghad, the bclbj will
strip the Tieck; losgadh braghad, the
heart.burn. C. G. Ar.
Braghadach, brààd'-àch, a. belonging to
the neck.
Braghadaich, brà'-ad-èch, n. m. crack-
ling ; bursting ; noise. D. M.
Bragsaidh, bràg'-sè, n. m. disease in
sheep.
Braich, braèch, lu f. malt, (from brach,
V.) gen. bracha.
Braid, brij, n. /. a horse collar. Arm. ;
irùirf-chluaisean, a pair of hems.
BRAin, braj, n. f. theft; luchd braid,
thieves, rogues.
Brag, v. be infected with an epidemic or
contagion; fag; boast. Belgic.
Braigh, brl'-yh', re. m. top, summit; air
braigh an tighe, on the top of the house ;
braigh na beinne, the summit of the hill ;
braigh a chroinn, the mast head; braigh
a' ghlinne, the head or uppermost part of
the glen ; braigh na leapa, the top of the
bed; am braigh na diithcha, in the high.
er parts of the country ; a cable. M. L.
Braigh, brSè'-yh', v. give a crackling
sound, as wood burning ; crackle ; burst ;
explode ; crash.
Braigheadh, bri'-S, n. m. report, an ex-
plosion, crackling ; a blow.
Braigheardaich, bri'-àrt-èch, n.f. crack-
ling ; blustering ; swaggering.
Braighe, bri'-hà, I
Braighdean, brij'-dyan, i n. m. and/, hos-
tages, captives, pledges.
Braighdeach, braj'-dyach, n. m. a horie
collar. D. M. L.
Braighdeaxas, brij'-dyan-us, n. m. bond-
age ; the state of having a halter about
the neck, lit.
Braigheach, bri-gh"-ach, n. m. a moun-
taineer, one that inhabits the moun-
tains.
Braigheachd, bri'-gh-achg, n. f. impri-
sonment, constraint, confinement.
Eraigudean, brij'-dyan', n. m. a calf's
collar.
Braighghill, brl-gh'-yell, the goal, tlie as-
cendant, or pre-eminence; thug tliu
braigh-ghill air na chualadh mi riamh,
you surpass every thing I have ever heard;
tha sin a' toirt braigh-ghill ah oa h-u le
ni, that excels or exceeds every thing:
f huair e braigh-ghdl ort, gun taing dhuit,
he got the ascendant or pre-eminence, in
defiance of you.
Braighleach, bnaè'-Uyach, 71. m. the
breast. Lw.