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biadh-maidne. 3. a meal, or food in general : Ion,
biadh, cobliartach.
;Breakfasting, s. A' gabhail bidh-tnaidne.
Breaking, s. 1. Bankruptcy : briseadh, call creid-
eis. 2. irruption, inroad : briseadh, briseadli a
steach. 3. dissolution: briseadh, ditheachadh,
toirt gu neo-ni. 4. a breaking up of the ground :
treabhadh, fosgladh, ruamhar. 5. the beginning
of the school-boy's holidays : sgaoileadh, cluich.
Bheakneck, s. Briseadh chnàmhan, àite corrach,
cas-bhriithach, ceum crosda.
Breakpromise, *. Fear-brisidh geallaidh, mealltair,
breugair.
Breakvow, s. Fear-brisidli bhòidean, fear meallaidh
earbsa.
Breakwater, «. Dion acarsaid, being ri tonn.
Breast, i. 1. The middle part of the human body
between the neck and the belly : uchd, brollach,
broilleach, maothan. 2. the dugs, or teats of a
woman which contain the milk : broilleach, cioch-
an. 3. the power of singing : uchdach. 4. the
part of a breast that is under the neck, between
the fore-legs : uchd, broilleach. 5. the disposition
of the mind : uchd, aigne, inntinn. 6. the heart,
the conscience : cridhe, coguis. 7. the seat of the
passions : cridhe.
Breast, v. a. Cuir uchd fi uchd, thoir aghaidh air.
Breastbone, s. Cnàìmh-uchd, an duilleag.
Breastcasket, s. Cuairt shreang shlait shiùil.
Breasted, adj. 1. Broad-breasted, or great-breast-
ed : uchdail, cliabh-fharsuinn, cliabh-leathann,
uchd-leathann. 2. having a fine voice : uchd-
flionnmhor, uchdail.
Breasthooks, s. Tarsannain luinge.
Breastknot, .1. Dos fibeanan air an uchd, uchd
fibeanan.
Breastplate, s. Uchd-eideadh uchd, armachd.
Breastplough, s. Càibe lair, làr-chaibe.
Breastwork, s. Uchd-bhalla, uchd-dhaingneach.
Breath, s. 1. The air drawn in and ejected out of
the body by living animals : anail, deò. 2. life :
anail, beatha. 3. the state or power of breathing
freely: analachadh, anail. 4. respite, pause, re-
laxation : anail, tarruing anail, fois. 5. breeze,
moving air : deò, sèideag. 6. a single act, an in-
stant : tiotan, min-uair.
Breathe, v. a. et n. 1. Inspire or inhale into one's
body, and eject or expire out of it : analaich, tan--
uing anail, seid. 2. inject by breathing : anal-
aich, seid ann. 3. expire, eject by breathing :
analaich, thoir suas an deò. 4. exercise, keep in
breath : beothaich, cum an deò ann, cum 'ù a
shiubhal. 5. inspire, move or actuate by breath :
seid, cuir anail ann. 6. exhale, or send out as
breath : seid a mach, analaich. 7. utter privately :
innis gu diomhair, thoir cagar do, cagair. 8. give
air or vent to : thoir deò-anail do, leig àileadh d' a
ionnsuidh, thoir a' ghaoth do. 9. draw in and out
theairbytlie lungs: analaich. 10. live: bibeò. 11.
take breath, rest : gabh anail, leig anail. 12. pass
as air : seid.
Breather, s. 1. One that breathes or lives : neach
beò, fear 's am bheil anail. 2. one that utters
any thing : fear-aithris, cagaraiche. 3. inspirer :
fear-analachaidh, fear-seididh, fear-deachdaidh.
Breathful, adj. 1. Full of breath : Ian anail, seid-
each, gaothach. 2. full of odour: cùbhraidh,
deadh-bholtrach.
Breathing, s. 1. Aspiration, secret prayer: ùr-
nuigh dhiomhair, analachadh, seideadh, tarruing
analach. 2. breathing place, vent : ionad tarr-
uing analach, fosgladh. 3. an accent : labhairt,
cainnt.
Breathing-place, s. Anail-ionad, stad an leugh-
adh.
Breathing-time, s. Anail, fois, socair tiom anail.
Breathless, adj. 1. Out of breath, spent with la-
bour : plosgartach, seideagach, sgith, sàruichte.
2. dead : gun deò, gun anail, niarbh.
Breathlessness, s. Kuith-analach.
Hred, part. pas. Araichte.
Brede, s. See Braid.
Breech, s. 1. The lower part of the body, the
back part : iochdar a' chuirp, mas, ton, tulachann.
2. breeches : briogais, briogan. 3. ihe hinder
part of a piece of ordnance : eàrr. 4. the hinder
part of any thing : deireadh.
Breech, i'. a. 1. Put into breeches: briogaisich,
càirich am briogais. 2. fit any thing with a breech :
cuir eàrr air. 3. whip on the breech : sgeilp, deis-
eagaich, greidh.
Breeches, s. 1. The garment worn by men over
the lower parts of the body : briogais, triubhas. 2.
wearing the breeches, usurping authority over the
husband : caitheamh na briogaise.
Breeching,*. 1. A whipping: deiseagachadh. 2.
the ropes with which the great guns are lashed to
the sides of the ship : còrdan nan eàrr.
Breed, «.a. et w. 1. Procreate, generate : gin, siol-
aich, tàrmaich, cuir an lionmhoireachd. 2. produce
from one's self: gin, siolaich, heir, àlaich. 3. oc-
casion, cause, produce : gin, thoir gu inbhe, tog a
suas. 4. contrive, hatch, plot : suidhich, tionn-
sgain. 5. give birth to, be the native place of:
beir, thoir a mach, thoir breith do. 6. educate,
form by education : tog, àraich, ionnsaich, thoir
foghlum do. 7. bring up, take care of from in-
fancy : tog suas, àraich, altrumaich. 8. bring
young : gabh ri sliochd, beir. 9. be increased by
new production : siolaich, fas lionmhor, llonmhoir-
ich. lO. be produced, have birth : thig gu beatha,
bi air do bhreith. II. raise a breed: tog suas,
àkiich.
Breed, s. 1. A cast, a kind, a subdivision of the
species : seòrsa, gr.è, sìol, sliochd. 2. a family, a
generation : teaghlach, gineal. 3. progeny, off-
spring : siol, sliochd, clann, iarmad, àlach. 4. a
number produced at once, a hatch : àlach, linn.
Breed-bate, «. Ceann aimhreit, buaireadair.
Breeder, s. I. That which produces any thing:
fear-gintinn, gineadair, fear-àlaich, tàrmachair. 2.
the person who brings up another : fear-togail,
fear-àraiche tàrmachair, fear-altruim. 3. a female
that is prolific : bean thorrach, bean shlolmhor.