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ligaraen. Sh. et O'B. 4. A flood, or inundation :
torrens, eluvio. Mac/. V. 5. Defiance : provoca-
tio. C. S. Wei. Balch, Balchis, haughtiness.
Bailceach, -eiche, adj. (Bailc), 1. Ridgy : jugo-
sus. C.S. 2. Rainy: pluviosus. Marf. V. 3.
Proud : superbus. C. S.
Bailceach, -eich, «. m. A tall, erect man : homo
rectus, procerus. Sh. et C. S. 2. A stout man :
robustus. Sk. 3. «. /. A storm : procella. OR.
Vide Bailc.
Bailceanta, adj. Boastful, defying: magnicUcus. Sk.
Baile, pi. Bailtean, s. m. 1. A town: oppidum.
Macinty. 160. " Aig baik." Fing. i. 477. At
home : domi. " Chaidh e o na bhaik." C. S. He
went from home : profectus est domo. 2. A vil-
lage, or hamlet : vicus, pagus. Macf. V. 3. A
clan, tribe : gens, familia. O'R. In the first sense,
retained as a prefix to the names of various places
in the British isles and on the continent. Vide
Appendix. " Baik diona." C. S. " Baik daing-
nichte." G. B. A fortified, or fenced city : oppi-
dum prapmunitum. " Baik duthcha," A country
town, village, or farm : pagus, rustica villa. " Baik
fearainn," A farm : ager, praediolum. " Baik
geamhraidh," A winter town, i. e. a strath resi-
dence : hibema monticularum, vicus campestris.
" Baik margaidh," 1. A market town : empori-
um, oppidum nundinarium. 2. A burgh : munici-
pium. Voc. 45. 81. " Baik mòr," A city, or
large town : urbs, oppidum magnum. " Bade
puirt," A sea port town : oppidum maritimum. Wei.
Baili, et Bala, Dav. a court before a house. Germ.
Bau. B.Bret.'e.aWi. Fr. YiWe. Za<. ViUa. Gr.
no>j;. Arab. J^b baled, a city, town, i jL balid,
an inhabitant.
Baileach, -eiche, adj. (Bail), 1. Thrifty, economi-
cal, careful : parsimonia utens, bene administrans,
curans. Macf. V. 2. Provin. for Buileach, q. v.
Baileachadh, -aidh, s. m. etpres.part. v. Bailich.
Vide Buileachadh.
♦ Baileog, -oig, -an, s.f. A twig, sprout, sucker :
vimen, surculus. Llh. Vide Bailleag.
Bailgfhionn, adj. (Balg, et Fionn), Spotted in the
belly : ventre maculatus.
Bailich, -idh, bh-, v. a. Provin. for Builich, q. v.
BÀILICH, s.f. Provin. for Bòilich, q. v.
• Bailire, s. m. A slinger : funditor, bakaris. Vail,
Gr. BaX>.M, jacio.
BÀILISTEIR, -E, -EAN, s. »j. A babbler: blatero,
gerro. C.S.
BÀILISTEIREACHD, s.f.ind. Scnselcss talk : stolida
garrulitas, stultiloquium. MSS.
B'ÀiLL, V. n. (eontr. Bu, et Àill), Would. B'aill
learn, b'aill leat, b aill leis, b aill teatha, b aill leinn,
b'aill leibh, b'aill leo. I would, thou wouldst, he,
she would, &c. Vellem, velles, vellet, &c. Always
followed by the preposition le. " B'aill !em' eas-
cairdibh mo shlugadh suas gach la." Salm. Ivi. 2.
Mine enemies would daily swallow me up. Vel-
lent hostes (mei) devorare me quotidie. " B'aill
leibh," (pronounced B'àiUibh). C. S. Used inter-
rogatively : What do you wish ? quid vis ? quid est
Arab. J** meil, (^^j^-o meilaun,
I, desire.
Bailleag, -eig, -an, s. /. A twig, sprout, sucker :
virga, germen, surculus, stolo. Sh. et CfJi.
Bailleagach, -aiche, adj. (Bailleag), 1. Full of
twigs, or suckers : vimineus, surculosus. Sh. 2.
ififf.) Cheerful, lively : laetus, vigens. C. S.
Bailleartach, -aiche, adj. R. M'D. 294. Vide
Pailleartach.
• Baillein, s. m. A boss, stud, little bubble, any
thing round : umbo, bulla, bullula, quodvis ro-
tundum. Sh. et O'R.
BÀILLIDH, -NEAN, s. m. (Baile), 1. A bailiff, factor,
or land steward : in its proper modern acceptation,
a country magistrate, or judge in rural affairs :
praetor urbanus, villicus., qui praeest rebus rusticis.
" Buinidh do 'n Bhàillidk mor cheartas,
" A thoirt do gach neach thig 'n a ghaoith."
R.D.
It belongs to the magistrate to administer ample
justice to all approaching him. Est magistratCiS
tribuere plenam justitiam cuique illi appropinquan-
ti. Fr. Bailli. Scot. Bailyie. Jam.
BÀILLIDHNEACHD, s. f. ind. (Bàillidh), A baihff-
ship, the office of a country magistrate : villicatio,
rure magistratus. Voc. 45.
Bailteach, -EICHE, (idj. (Bailc), Abounding in
towns, villages, or hamlets : oppidis, seu vicis fi-e-
Bailteachas, -ais, s. m. (Baile, et Teach), 1. A
country township : agri domique ad unum pagum
pertinentes. C. S. 2. The planting of towns, co-
lonization : actus constituendi colonias, colonia-
rum coUocatio. Macf. V. " Coimhcheangal bail-
teachais," A political confederacy : civitatum fcedus.
C. S. 3. " Bailteachas mor," s. m. Affected state,
pride, haughtiness : dignitatis affectatio, fastus,
superbia. C. S.
Bailtean, jo/wr. of Baile, q. vide. Arab. ^?J»ij
bildan, towns.
» Bainbh, s. m. A little pig : porcellulus. MSS.
• Bainchead, -aidh, bh-, v. a. Authorise : auctori-
tatem da. Sh. et O'R.
• Baincheadach, adf. (Bann, et Cead), Authorised:
auctoritate munitus. Llh.
Baindeachd, s.f. Vide Baindidheachd.
BÀIN-DEARG, adj. (Ban, et Dearg), Flesh-coloured :
gilvus. Llh. et R. M'D. 120.
Baindidh, -e, adj. (Bean), Modest, humble, unassum-
ing : modestus, humilis, verecundus. R. M'D. 1 10.
Baindidheachd, s. f. ind. (Baindidh), Modesty :
pudicitia. C. S.
Bain-dia, -de, s.f. Vide Ban-dià.
BÀINE, ind.\ -BID, «. m. et/. (Ban), Whiteness, fair-
BÀINEAD, J ness, or paleness of complexion : al-
bedo. C.S.
• Baineach, s. f. (Ban, pref. et Each), A mare :
equa. Vt. 47.
• Baineachd, s. f. Woman slaughter : mulierum
ceedes. Llh.