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BRA
BRA
Bramak, ain, s. m. A crupper.
Bramaxacii, aich, s. m. A noisy fellow; a boorish fellow.
JV. pi. bramanaiclie.
Bramanacud, s.f. Noisiness, boorishness, siilkiness.
Bramanta, a. Boorish, sulky, unpolished.
Bramartaich, s.f. A frequent blowing of wind backwards;
a habit of blowing wind backwards.
Bramsag, aig, s.f. Flatulence.
t Bran,o. Poor; black ; also, suhstantncli/, a raven, a rook.
Sclav, bran, black. Dalmat. gravran. Bo/iem. hawran.
Croat, chafran.
Bran, Brain, s. m. {ctmtr. for bràigh-an.) A mountain-
stream ; the name of several streams in the Highlands
of Scotland.
Bran, BuÀiN, v. ?H. Husks of corn, bran. /F. bran.
Brandair, s. m. A gridiron. — Macd.
Brandal, ail, .?. m. A gridiron.— il/rtcrf. N. pi. brandalan.
Brangach, a. Snarling.
Brangas, ais, .s. m. An instrument once in the Highlands
for the punishment of pilfering vagrants.
t Brann, Brainn, Ò. m. A burning coal; a woman.
Ir. brann. Eng. brand.
Brannamii, aimh, s. m. A coat of mail.
Branndaidii, i./. Brandy. (Pr. brandi.) Is raeirg a dh'
oladh branndaidh ! -dhat foltii it is to drink brandy!— Old
Song. ''
t Brann RAi'ii, aich, s. m. 'Ihe border or boundaries of a
country.
t Br AOi, s. pi. Eyebrows. — /c. id.
Braoh.eadii, eidh, s. in. A great noise, a bounce. /;•.
braoileadh.
Braoileag, eig, «./. A whortle-berry. Braoileag nan con,
a dog-berry, a bear-berri/. N. pi. braoileagan.
Braoileagach, a. Abounding in whortle-berries. Do
leacan braoileagach, llii/ rocks abounding in ■whortle-berries.
— Macint.
Braoileagan, n. pi. of braoileag.
Braoilich, s. f. A loud noise; a rattling sound. Ri
braoilich, making a loud rattling noise. Asp. firm, braoilich.
Ciod bhraoilich th'ort? iDhii do you viake such noise !
Braoisc, s.f. A grin; a yawn ; a gaping; a distortion of
the mouth. Chuir e braoisg air, he began to grin.
Braoisgeach, a. Grinning; gaping; having a distorted
mouth. Fear braoisgeach, a man icith a distorted mouth,
A bhodaicli bhraoisgich ! thou gri/ming old tnan ! Cum. and
sup. braoisgiche, more or most grinning.
Braoisgean, ein, s. m. {from braoisg.) A person who
grins ; one with a distorted mouth.
Braoisgeanaciid, *./. The habit of grinning.
Braon, braoin, s. m. Dew; a drop; drizzle; rain; a
shower. {Ir. braon.) N. pi. braoin ; d. pi. braonaibh.
Mar bhogha Lena nam braon mall, like the rainbow of
drizzling Lena. — Oss. Braon nan sian, the drizzling of the
blast. — Oss. Fing. Le braonaibh na h-oidhche, with the
drops of night. — Stew. Song. Sol.
Braonacii, a. (from braon.) Showery, drizzly, rainy,
dewy. Sa mhadainn bhraonach, in the dewy morn. — Oss.
Braonaciid, s.f. Continual drizzling; a continual drop-
ping.
Braonan, ain, s. m. An earthen nut; the bud of a brier.
— Macint. Braonan bachlaig, an earthen nut. — Macd.
Braon-dhealt, *. Heavy dew. Braon-dhealt na raadainn,
the heavy dew of morn. — Oss. Cathula.
Braos, Buaois, .5. See Braoisg.
Braosach, o. See Braoisgeach.
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Bras, a. {Ir. bras.) Rash, impetuous; bold, intrepid;
sudden ; active, brisk, lively. Bras le d' bheul, rash viith
thy mouth. — Stew. Ecc. Mar steud-shruth bras, like an
impetuous torrent. — Oss. Gaul. Ag radh ri nihic bhras,
saying to his intrepid sons. — Id.
t Brasailte, s.f. A panegyric,
t Brasair-buird, s, m. A sycophant, one who subsists by
flattering his patron.
Bras-biiuixne, s.f A torrent; also a stormy sea. A
seòladh air bras bhuinne, sailing on a stormy sea. — Oss.
Conn.
Bras-chomhrag, aig, s.f A tilt or tournament.
Brasgalladh, aidh, s. m. A declamation. — Ir. id.
Brasluidiie, s.f Perjury. Luchd brasluidhe, per/'arerf
people.
BRAS-sGEUL,-sgeòil, s. A romance, a fable. — //•. id.
Brat, brait, *. m. Anglo-Su.x. bratt. (//•. brat, mantle.
iV. brat, a rag. Scotch, brat, cluthing. In Lincolnshire
brat is an apron.) A mantle, a cloak, a covering, a veil,
coverlet, blanket, curtain. Brat na h-oidhche, the mantle
of night. — Oss. Dargo. Crochaidh tu am brat, thou shalt
hang the veil. — Stew. Exod. Brat-leapach, a coverlet, a
quilt ; brat-roinn, a partition veil; brat-speiUidli, swaddling-
cloth ; brat-urlair, a carpet ; brat-broin, mort-cloth ; brat-
folaich, a cloak.
t Brat, s. Judgment.
Bratacii, aich, s. f {Ir. bratach.) N. pi. brataichean.
Banners, flags, colours, an ensign. Bratach aluinn righ
nam magh, the beauteous banner of the king of the plains. —
Oss. Cathula. A bhratach dhaithte uaine, his green-
coloured flag. — Oss. Dargo.
Bratag, ais;, s.f A worm, a caterpillar; also a rag; an
impudent girl ; a pilfering female.
Brat-broin, i. m. A mort-cloth.
Brìt-ciiosach, a. Bow-legged.
Brat-folaich, s. in. A cloak; a blind man. Mar bhrat-
folaich do 'n dall, as a cloak for the blind. — Stew. Pet.
Bratii, v. a. {Ir. brath.) Betray; spy; guess, suppose;
design; entertain an opinion. I'ret. a. bhrath, betrayed;
fut. aff. a. brathaidh, shall betray. Esan a bhrath e, he who
betrayed him. — Stew. N. T.
Bratii, s. Guess, opinion, idea, expectation, design, judg-
ment ; a spying, an informing, treachery, betraying; a
mass, a lump. Bheil brath agad? hare you any idea.' do
you know? Gun bhrath furtachd, without expectation of
relief. — Macint. Air bhrath, /ounrf. Cha bhi am bard air
a bhrath, the bard shall not be found. — Old Song. From
brath very probably comes the Hindoo brachman ; literally,
the inan of Judgment.
Bratii, *. A conflagration; destruction. La bhrath, the
last day, the day of the conflagration. Gu la bhrath, never;
gu brath, for ever. Gu la bhrath cha n' eirich Oscar,
Oscar shall never rise. — Oss. Tenio. Cliù gach linn gu
brath, the praise of every age for ever. — Old Song.
+ Bratiiacii, a. Continual, constant.
Bratiiadair, s. m. {from brath.) An informer, a spy, a
betrayer, a traitor ; also a kindling ; fuel. JV. ;)/. brath-
adairean. IV. bradwr, a traitor.
Bratiiadii, aidh, s. m. A betraying, a spying, an informing;
treachery. Luchd brathaidh, spies ; fear brathaidh, a spy
or informer. Luchd brathaidh an siothchainnt, spies in
peace. — Stew. Ileb.
Brathadh, (a), pr. part, of brath.
Brathaidh, /u<. ajf. a. of brath. Shall or will betray.
Bràtiiair, gen. bràthar, «. m. {i. e. bru-ath-urr, a second
person of the same womb.) A brother. Ardan do bhràthar,
the proud anger of thy brother. — Oss. Lod. Brathair màthar,