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BUISINN-IALL
I horn
B ui s! NN-i ALL, bùsh'-enn2-5all
for holding tallow.
BrrA, bùt'-à, n. m. a bird; difFercnce in
price ; difference, surplus ; Dutch, banta ;
Sax. bota.
BuTH, bhù, n. m. a shop. Is.; a tent; a
cot ; shuidhich e 'bhùth, he pitched his
tent; chomhnuichiad am bUthaibh, they
dwelt in tents, B. : sròl as a' bhiith, crape
from the shop; North, an ant-hill.
BuTHAiNN, bhu'-hyèn', n. m. long straw
used for thatch; v. thump, beat lustily.
N.
C, c, the third letter of the alphabet ; call-
ed call, or caltuinn, the hazel tree; or.
as the Irish pronounce it, coll, or colt-
uinn. It has a peculiar influence on the
article; thus, an cii, the dog, pronounced
ung'-kù ; an caman, the shinty, pro.
ung'-kàm-an ; nan con, of the dogs, pro.
nang'-kon.
C sounds like kk often ; ending a syllable,
for the most part, sounds chg ; as, tae,
rac, pro. tachg, rSchg.
C for cia, ea, pron. interr. ; thus, c'aite,
where? c'aite am bheil thu, where art
^hout c" ainm a thoirt, what ts your
name ? for cia e an t'aite, &c.
Ca, kkà, adv. where; ca'?n bheil thu, ichere
art thou V ca an d' thoir mi e, where shall
J bring it ? ca an d' f huaii thu e, where
did you get it? ca nis am bheil doghaih,
where now is thy sting ?
Cab, kabb, v. notch, as the edge of a
bladed weapon ; hack, indent ; chab thu
an sgian, you have notched the knife.
Cab, kabb, n. vi. a mouth with broken
teeth, or ill set with teeth ; a notch, a
gap.
Cabach, kabiy.ilch, a. having broken
teeth; notched, gapped; n.f. a female
with broken teeth.
CABAnii, kabb'-S, p. indenting, notching ;
indenting the edge.
Cabag, kàbb'-àg, n. f. a cheese ; Scotch,
kebboch ; Ir. cabag.
Cabag, kabb'-àg, n. f. a female with
broken teeth ; a hacked instrument, as
a knife, &c. ; a tattling, prating fe-
male.
Cabaibe, kàbb'-ur'-à, n. m. a fellow with
broken teeth ; tattler, a prating fel-
low.
Cabaireachd, cab'-àr'-àchg, n. /. tlie
])ractice of tattlijig or prating.
58 CABLAIDEACH
Cabais, kàbb'-ash, n. /. the prating, prat-
ting, or babbling.
Caball, kab'-all, jj. m. a cable; Arabic,
kebl, a rope, a cord ; HebrevT, cabal, to
be tied. H. S.
Cabar, kabb'.ar, n. m. a rafter on the roof
of a house ; an antler or a deer's horn ;
cabar fèidh, the antler of a deer. Song;
gu cabarach, well supplied with antlers,
Macl-int. ; Scotch, keabar ; Cora, keber ;
Arm. ceibir. Arm.
Cabarach, kabb'-àr-àch, a. well supplied
with antlers or rafters; n. pi. deer; an
dèigh chabarach, iii pursuit of deer,
Oss. ; a thicket ; mar astar dall an caba-
rach, as a blind mail's progress through a
thicket. Proverbs.
Cabh, kavf, V. n- drift ; tha cur is cabhadh
ann, it is snowing and drifting.
Cabhadh, kavf'-i, n. m. the drift; pt.
drifting ; an slobadh.
Cabhachan, kavf'-ach-an, n. m. the bird,
cuckoo-titterer.
Cabh AG, kavf'-ag, n.f. haste, hurry, speed,
strait, difficulty.
Cabhagach, kavf'-ag-ach, a. hasty; f;i.st-
spcaking ; hurried, impatient, abrupt,
sudden.
Cadhagachd, kavf'-ag-àchg, n. f. hasti-
ness.
Cabiiarsach, kav'-arr-nach, n. f. a wicket,
(cachladh) a bar-gate, gate-way. 30.
Cabhlach, kav'-llach, n. f. a fleet; na
chahhiach dhorcha, in his dark fket.
Oss.
Cabhlaiche, kavf Mlèch-à, n. nt. an admi-
ral.
Cabhruich, kav'-roèch, n.f. flummery ; in
Scotch, sowens; continent of Argyle,
Cowry.
Cabhsaidh, kav'-ssè, a. snug, comfort,
able.
CABHSAiDHEiCHD, kav'.sse-achg, n. f.
snugness, too much fondness for com-
fort.
Cabhsair, kav'-ssar*, n. m. pavement, a
causeway, paved path or walk. Cowsair,
CA.
Cabhsaireachd, kav'-sar'-achg, n. m. the
business of making pavements or cause,
ways.
Cabhsairiche, kav'-sar'-èch-à, n. m. a
paver.
Cabhsannta, kav'-sannt-a,/. fond of com-
fort, effeminate, unmanly.
Cabhtair, kav'-tàr', n.f. an issue in the
body ; in some places cowtair.
Cabhul, kav'ul, n. m. a creel for catching
fish, a hose net ; àbh.
CABLAin, kaiy-llaj, n. /. turmoil, tumult.
Cablaideach, kàb'.llàj-àch, a. tumultu-
oiu.