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tlioir an car a. 3. disgrace, insult, mock : mas-
laich, tàmailtich, dean fanoid air, dean sgeig air.
4. practise deceit : meall, dean niealladh air.
Baffle, s. Ceannsachadli, teicheadh, ruaig.
Bag, s, 1. A sack or pouch, to put any thing in :
poca, ba!g, sac, pocan, mala, màileid, pòca. 2.
that part of animals in which some particular juice
is contained, as the poison of vipers : balg, balgan.
3. a purse tied to men's hair : sporan fuilt, paid-
irean fuilt. 4. a term signifying a certain quanti-
ty of some commodities : poca, sac.
Bag, v. a. et w. 1. Put into a bag : cuir am poc,
cuir 's a' phoc. 2. load with a bag : sacaich, cuir
sac air. 'J. swell like a full bag : pocaich, balg-
aich, at. 4. vulff. pilfer, embezzle : gold, gabh gu
foluiclite.
Bagatelle, s. Faoineas, faoin fii, ni gun luacli.
Baggage, s. 1. Furniture and utensils of an army :
àirneis, àirneis feachd. 2. the goods that are to
be carried away : àirneis, imrich. 3. a worthless
woman : caile, dubh-chaile. 4. a pert young wo-
man, a flirt, in joke : gogag. 5. refuse, lumber,
trumpery : treallaich, diùbhaidh.
Bagnio, s. Tigh-faircidh, tigh-falluis, àite-nighe.
Bagpipe, s. Piob mhòr.
Bagpiper, «. Piobair.
Bagpipixg, s. Piobaireachd.
Bail, s. 1. (in law) a setting at liberty under secu-
rity for re-appearance : saorsa, no fuasgladh air
un-as. 2. a surety, a bondsman, one who gives
security : fear-urrais, urras. 3. a certain limit in
a forest : crìoch-frìdhe.
Bail, v. a. 1. Give bail for another : urrasaich,
rach an urras air, their urras. 2. admit to bail,
fuasgail air urras.
Bailif, ) 1. A subordinate officer: bàillidh, maor.
Bailiff, J oifigeach, no fear-riaghlaidh fuidh ùgh-
darras. 2. an officer, whose business is to execute
arrests : maor, maor-glacaidh, maor-sàraidh. 3. an
under steward of a manor : maor-fearainn.
Bailiewick,s. Bàillidhneachd, ionad-bàillidhneachd.
Bailment, s. Ath-aisig gill, no ni bheirear an geall.
Baily, s. Bàillidh. See Bailiff, 1.
Bain, s. See Bagnio.
Bain, v. a. See Bathe.
Bairn
Barn,
Bait, v'. a. ct n. 1. Put meat upon a hook: cuir
raaghar air dubhan. 2. feed, give meat to : biadh,
gabh biadh, thoir biadh do. 3. attack with viol-
ence : sàth ann, thoir ruathar air, thoir ionnsuidh
air. 4. harass by the help of others : sàruich,
treachail, sàr-sgìthich, mar bheathach 's an stuig-
ear coin. 5. stop at any place for refreshment :
dean stad, stad chum bldh.
Bait, s. 1. Meat set to allure: maghar, biadh-
meallaidh. 2. a temptation : buaireadh, culaidh-
bhuairidh, mealladh. 3. a refreshment on a jour-
ney: Ion. biadh-turais.
Baize, s. Aodach garbh ùraidli, garbh-chlù fosg-
ailte.
Bake, v. a. et ti. 1. Heat any thing in a close
See Beam.
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place : teògh, bruich. 2. harden in the fire : fuhi,
cruadhaich ri teine. 3. harden with heat : cruadh-
aich le teas. 4. do the work of baking : fuin,
taosainn. 5. be lieated, or baked : cruadhaich le
teas.
Bake-house, s. Tigli-fuinidh, tigh-fuineadaireachd.
Baken, /ot;<. Fuinte, cruadhaichte le teas.
Baker, s. l'\iineadair.
Baker-foot, «. Cas-cham, biod-chas, pliutaiche, cas
phliutach.
Balance, s. 1. A pair of scales : mcidh, toimhs-
ean. 2. in a metaphorical sense, or the mind em-
ployed in comparing one thing with another :
dlùth-bheachd. 3. act of comparing two things :
co-chothromachadh, coimeas. 4 the overplus of
weight : barrachd cudthroira, no tomhais. 5. that
which is wanting to make two parts of an account
even : barrachd, diiibhras. 6. equipoise ; co-
chothrom, ionannachd-cothroim. 7. the beating
part of a watch : claban uaireadair.
Balance, v. a. et n. 1. Weigh in a balance : tomh-
ais le meidh, cothromaich, co-chothromaich. 2.
regulate the weight in a balance, keep in just pro-
portion : cum suas an co-chothrom, cum air
niheidh. 3. counterpoise, counteract : coinnich,
bac, co-chothromaich. 4. regulate an account, by
stating it on both sides : socruich, socruich cunn-
tas. 5. pay that which is wanting to make the
sides of an account equal : diol am barrachd. 6.
hesitate, fluctuate between equal motives : ag, bi
eadar dha chomhairle, iom-smuainich.
Balancer, s. Meidheadair, fear-tomhais.
Balancing, s. Cothromachadh, meidheadh.
Balbucinate, v. n. Labhair gu liodadi, gu mann-
tach.
Balbutiate, v. n. See Balbucinato.
Balcony, s. For-uinneag.
Bald, of^'. 1. Wanting hair : maol, sgailceach, lorn,
gun fhalt. 2. without natural covering : lom,
riiisgte. 3. without the usual covering : rùisgte.
4. unadorned, inelegant : loni, neo-ghrinn, gun
ghrinneas. 5. mean, naked, without dignity, with-
out value, bare : neo-inbheach, suarach, gun niheas,
nii-fhlathail.
Balderdash, s. Treamsgal, goileam, gloirmeas,
carraghloir, baoth-chainnt.
Balderdash, v. a. Coimeasg doochan, dean
treamsgal.
Baldly, adv. See Bald, 5.
Baldness,*. 1. Want of hair: raaoile, sgailc. 2.
meanness of writing, inelegance : neo-ghrinneas
sgriobhaidh, maol-labhartas.
Baldpate, s. Ceann maol, maol-cheann.
Baldpate, adj. Maol-cheannach, sgailc-cheannach.
Baldrick, s. 1. A girdle: crios. 2. thezodiack:
a' ghrian-chrios.
Bale, *. ] . A parcel of goods packed for carriage :
bàthair truiste, sac. 2. misery, calamity, mis-
chief: truaighe, bròn, donas. 3. poison : puinn-
sean, nimh.
Bale, v. n. Trus, trus suas, ceangail.
Bale, v. a. Taom.