, -aigh, m., gain, profit, advantage; something over (Clare and Con.); e.g. dhá mhíle agus brabach, two miles and a bit, more than two miles.

, -aighe, a., well-to-do; having money saved (Aran).

, -ais, gain, advantage.

, -aic, pl. id., m., an arm (Lat. brachium).

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a rake, a harrow, an apparatus for combing flax; fá sháil an bh., in slavery.

, m., corrupt matter in the eyes; the corruption issuing from a boil or sore; the corrupt matter in honey-combs; act of rendering corrupt, putrefying, suppurating.

, -chta, m., a malting, fermentation, act of fermentation.

, -ctha, m., a breaking, a harrowing, tormenting.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a maltster.

, p. a., embraced, hugged (O'N.)

, -adh, v. tr., I malt, ferment.

, -adh, v. tr., I harrow, I hack, maul (as an enemy in battle); síor-bhrácadh, constant mauling (A. McC.)

, -adh, v. tr., I embrace, I hug (O'N.)

, -e, -idhe, f., a "fiddle-fish."

, -áin, m., broth, pottage, stirabout, gruel; fermented matter; b. réidh, gruel.

, -e, f., croaking like a raven.

, -óige, -óga, f., a woman whose eyes are full of white scruff or humour (P. O'C.).

, -lighe, a., blear-eyed.

, -a, m., substance, wealth, juice, pith, sap, anger; rage, a sudden stoppage through anger (O'N.)

, -aighe, a., substantial, juicy.

, -mhla, a., substantial, pithy, juicy.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I malt, ferment.

, -aighe, a., given to thieving, dishonest; stolen, obtained unjustly.

, -a, f., act of stealing, robbing, plundering.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a mist (Mayo).

, g. -áin, pl. id., m., a salmon; b. beathadh, salmon of life.

, -aighe, a., rich in salmon.

, m., a sturgeon.

, -aighe, f., a slight fall of rain or snow, hazy weather.

See <<brádarnach>>.

, -e, f., act of thieving.

, -óige, -óga, f., a sly, roguish, cheerful girl; a sprat-net.

, g. id., pl. -uidhthe, m., a robber, thief, plunderer; a cow or beast of trespassing propensities.

, vl. -ughadh and -dghail, v. tr., I steal, rob.

, -aill, m., deceit (O'N.).

, -e, f., treachery, betrayal; a common name for many Irish romances.

, -gighe, a., treacherous, deceitful.

, -d, -áighde, f., the neck, the throat; tar bhrághaid, in preference to, instead of; tar brághaid, (going) past; fá bhrághaid, in the presence of, just going before, having precedence of; teacht fá bhrághaid is used like teacht ar bhéalaibh, to take precedence of (Kea., F. F.); a gorge, a pass (often in place names).

, -e, f., a hint; a slight evidence.

, -dighe, a., belonging to the neck.

, -ghile, f., a fair lady (lit., white-necked)

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a braggadocio, a boaster, a bully.

, -a, f., boasting, bragging.

, indec. a., boastful, vaunting.

, -acha, f., malt.

, -chis, m., pot ale; the refuse of malt; grains used in brewing.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little harrow; a shed (Aran).

, -e, f., wort of ale. See <<braicheas>>.

, -éisc, m., the needlefish.

, -oige, -oga, f., a small spray or branch (Con.).

, -dighe, a., pertaining to a captive or hostage.

, -digh, pl. id., m., a collar, a bracelet (O'N.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a captive, a prisoner; a straw noose put round the necks of calves, asses, and other hornless animals, by which they are tied to stakes at night (from brágha, the neck, or braighe, a captive).

, -aigh, -aighe, m., a prisoner.

, -ais, m., captivity, imprisonment, slavery.

, g. id., pl. -ghde, m., a captive, prisoner, hostage.

, -a, f., imprisonment, captivity.

(pron. [brá-gil]), f., riches, possessions, as an duine is mó b. ar an mbaile, the richest man in the village (Aran).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a bag, a budget; an enslaver, one who makes captive (O'N.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a kind of shellfish (Don.); also breallán.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a captain, chieftain, leader.

, -nigh, pl. id., m., a leader, a chief, a nobleman; the beginning, the lead, the van; the prow of a boat or ship; as adj., noble, princely.

, -nigh báid, pl. id., m., a captain of a boat (Ker.). See <<braine>>.

, m., a crow, a raven; a carnivorous bird.

, m., a raven. See <<fiach>>.

, g. id., pl. -sidhe, f., a branch; a branch of education; in pl., antics, tricks, freaks; commonly used in modern times, and found in A. McC. (A.).

, f., a bout, a turn (Der.).

, -éil, -éalta, m., a fable, a romance.

, g. id., f., quickness, lightness, agility; braiseacht, -a, f., id.

See <<praiseach>>.

, -éid, pl. id., and -éididhe, m., a bracelet; a garland of flowers (Con.).

, g. id., m., cockle, or wild mustard.

, -aighe, a., treacherous.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a betrayer, a spy, a critic, an overseer.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a loafer; one who loiters around an eating-house, or feast of any kind, in the hope of getting something (Ker.).

, vl. braith or brath, I judge, think, imagine, expect, observe, notice; I depend on; ní bheinn ag braith ort, I would not depend on you, i.e. I would seek some other assistance than yours; ag braith ar na comharsanaibh, depending on the neighbours, having only the neighbours to fall back on; do bhraitheas go raibh airgead aige, I suspected or fancied he had money.

, -oige, -oga, f., a sheet, a shroud.

, -e, pl. -idhe and -eacha, f., a veil; a sheet.

, -e, f., dire ruin.

, -ais, m., brotherhood.

, -mhla, a., brotherly.

, -a, f., brotherly affection, attachment.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a brother, a little brother. (The termination -ín rather implies endearment than littleness in such cases; cf. máthairín, etc.)

, -nigh, pl. id., m., a gossip.

, -tighe, a., spying, watching, observing; with ar, trusting in, confiding in, depending on.

, -eadh, f., the fire of Doom; bráith-theine ifrinn, the fire of hell.

See <<bromach>>.

(breamaim), -adh, v. intr., crepitum ventris edere.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a noisy, blustering fellow.

, -ain, pl. id., m., the fish called bream; the name of one of Fionn Mac Cumhaill's dogs.

, -ain, pl. id., m., chaff; also a raven; an overflowing mountain torrent.

, -a, f., act of prowling for prey.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a raven; met., a chief.

, -air, m., a fallow field; the loose surface of a grubbed field (called also cac ar aghaidh in M.); ag déanamh branair, turning up the surface of land.

, -duibh, m., chess; a set of chessmen, etc. See <<brannamh>>.

, -aighe, a., grinning, snarling, carping.

, -aimh, m., chess, a chess board, a backgammon table; the game of chess, the chess-men, the points or squares on the chess table.

, g. id., pl. -aidhe, brandy (A.).

, g. id., pl. -dha, m., a pot; a support, prop, stand, a frame against which a cake is placed before the fire to be baked; a tripod or iron rest to set a pot or oven upon; brannra oighinn nó corcáin, a pot support; brannra brághaid, the collar bone; is mé ar bhrannra ag an mbás, while I am in the grip of death (T. G.).

, -aighe, a., fallow-like.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a reckless fellow, a "tear-away"; often applied to a cow, etc. A bhraobaire bhrúideamhail dhrúiseamhail, éadmhair,

, -air, m., hardship; níor chuir an t-ualach b. ar bith air, the load caused him no trouble (Don.).

, g. id., pl. -the, f., an eyebrow.

, -chirte, a., having well-formed eyebrows.

, g. id., pl. -lidhe, f., a crack, a clap, a bounce; braoille fearthana, a heavy shower of rain.

, -fhliche, a., dripping wet.

, g. braoin, pl. braona and braonta, m., a drop; corrupt matter in a sore; an braon anuas, the rain coming through the roof, fig., misfortune, wretchedness; braon dighe, a little drink, a drink; in parts of Don., braon do dheoch.

, -aighe, a., dewy; dropping, rainy, tearful; an domhan braonach, an bith braonach, the moist or tearful world; ní fheadar 'on domhan braonach, I don't know at all, I don't know "on earth."

, -adh, v. tr. and intr., I drop, instil.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a droplet, an icicle; coinneal bhraonáin, an icicle.

, -ála, f., dropping rain (Der.).

, a gap, etc. See <<craos>>.

, -aighe, a., yawning, gaping.

I.

, a lie, fiction; common in compounds, like bras-fholt, false hair, a wig; bras-chomhrac, jousts, tournaments, sham fights.

II.

, brasach, a., quick, etc. See <<pras>>, prasach.

, g. id., an untidied lot of anything (M.).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a sycophant, a flatterer; brasaire búird, a parasite, a toady.

, -tighe, a., swift-talking, flippant.

, g. brait, bruit, pl. brait, bruit, brata, bratacha, m., a cloak, a mantle, a garment, a cloth, a banner, a shroud; a covering of any kind, as for a bed.

, -a, m., judgment, doomsday! go bráth, for ever, till doomsday, with neg., not at all; as go bráth leis, he made off (pron. brách).

, g. -a and -aith, m., spying, betraying, treachery, design, dependence, information; lucht braith, traitors.

, a., eternal; go bráthach, for ever.

I.

, -aigh, -acha, m., a standard, an ensign; also a robe, a garment (T. G. often).

II.

, -aighe, a., belonging to a cloth or covering.

, -thta, m., act of betraying, spying, etc.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a betrayer, a spy, an informer.

, -adh, v. tr., I clothe, cloak.

, -thar, -ráithre, m., a kinsman, a cousin, a relative; a monk, a friar; ó n-a bhráithribh, from his kin (Kea., F. F.) idir na comh-mbráithribh, among the general kinsmen (Kea., F. F.)

, m., a little bird like the robin.

céile, a brother-in-law, also dearbhráthair céile.

, -mhla, a., brotherly, brotherlike; also bráithreamhail.

, -a, f., brotherliness; also bráithreamhlacht.

, a., brotherly, fraternal.

, -a, f., brotherliness, fraternity.

, m., a funeral pall.

, a., purple-dressed.

, m., a flag-staff (O'N.).

, m., the flapping of a sail.

(brothladh), -aidh, m., a shout, a growl, an angry command or order; chuir sé

, he gave me an angry order; léig sé brathladh as, he growled angrily (Don.).

, m., a pocket-handkerchief, a towel, a napkin.

, f., a flag-ship (O'N.).

, m., a clasp, skewer, bodkin; a fastening for a mantle; a pin, a peg.

, -óige, -óga, f., a rag; the poor bed-clothes carried about by beggars; a snow-flake (Don.).

, a., clothed in red garments; an epithet of Banbha.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I cloak, cover.

, m., a carpet.

, -eibe, -anna, f., a bribe.

, -aighe, a., bribing, gift-giving.

, -adh, v. tr., I bribe, give a gift to.

, -dighe, a., bribe-taking.

, gsf. brice, a., speckled, spotted; b. ghlas, having green spots; b. dhubh, having dark spots; galar breac, measles; galar breac, small-pox (Meath and Don.).

, g. bric, pl. id., m., a trout; any fish taken with a hook; breac bán (or geal), a white trout; breac donn, a brown trout.

, -ctha, m., act of making spotted; act of variegating; act of carving; the picking of a mill-stone; act of covering a paper with writing; act of explaining, telling, describing; the breaking (of the day), the dawn (of day).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., an engraver, a carver, an embroiderer; one who picks the stone of a mill.

, -adh, v. tr., I speckle, variegate, embroider, carve; I cover a paper with writing; I indite; I tell, explain, publish; breacfad do cháil, I will proclaim your character (E. R.); I begin to brighten (as the day); I pick a mill-stone; ní bhead im bhreacadh féin leis, I will not be bothered with it, it is not worth the trouble.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a graver or carver, a graving tool, a quern-picker; a (sorry) angler.

, -a, pl. id., f., engraving, sculpture, embroidery, chequering, carving, the picking of a mill-stone.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a cake made of the curds of sour milk and baked on a griddle (Ker., P. O'C.).

, -áin, pl. id., m., a plaid, chequered stuff.

, -aighe, a., dressed in plaid.

, -aighe, brindled, spotted.

(also bricfeast, bricfeasta), m., breakfast (A.).

, -fhliche, a., wet here and there; lá breac-fhliuch, a day with occasional showers.

, m., a salmon-trout.

, -ín, -íonta, m., a dragnet (Ker.).

, g. id., f., half idle time, half-holiday.

, g. id., f., middling-health, health with spells of illness.

, -iughadh, v. intr., I glimmer, shine.

, m., the morning or evening twilight.

, -aighe, a., mixed, mingled, spotted.

, g. id., f., mixture, variety, diversity.

See <<breacaire>>.

, -áin, m., mixed food as bread and butter, a roll of bread and buttor.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I variegate, I decorate.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., an engraver.

, -aidh, m., incantation, wizardry; b. draoithe (Kea.).

, -aidhe, f., variety, variegation, chequer-work.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I carve, variegate, chequer, embroider; pick, as a mill-stone; I write, indite; I explain, delineate; intr., I begin to shine, or grow clear (as the dawn). See <<breacaim>>.

, -aigh, m., act of breaking (as a horse); ag bréadach ar an mbromach, breaking the horse (Kea. T.S.); (O'R. gives bréadachadh).

, gsf. breágha breághtha, a., fine, lovely, handsome, beautiful, splendid; good, fair (of hue), serviceable; is breágh liom, 7c., used like is maith liom; is breágh an scéat agat é, your state is enviable; is breágh an rud dó fain, he is fortunate in that matter; lá breágh, fine day (a common form of salutation); breágh is pron. bréagh (rather biréagh shortened) in the greater part of Don.

, -éige, -éaga, f., a lie, falsehood, deceit, deception; gs. often used as a.: seanchas bréige, a lying history (O'Ra.); ainteastach bréag, a base, false witness; also fear bréige, an object to counterfeit a man, a scarecrow.

, -aighe, a., lying, mendacious, false, deceitful, cunning; neithe bréagacha, lying charges; síol bréagach, adulterated seed.

, -gtha, m., act of deceiving, wheedling, coaxing, enticing, diverting, amusing; soothing (as a child).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a liar, a wheedler, a flatterer.

, -adh, v. tr., I coax, entice, soothe, flatter, decoy, delude.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a liar; a flatterer.

, -a, f., lying, falsehood.

, f., a dream or vision.

, -aisling, v. tr. and intr., I dream; I long or crave ineffectively for.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a toy, a plaything; an allurement.

, -a, f., a false similitude, a false resemblance.

, -aidh, m., hypocrisy.

, a., fine, splendid. See <<breágh>>.

, -a. See <<bréig-dhealbh>>.

, -aidh and -ganta, m., falsehood; coaxing, wheedling.

, -a, f., coaxing; cajolery; giving the lie to.

, -uighthe, m., act of contradicting, persuading, convincing, refuting; ní ad bhréagnughadh, -é, not to belie you; coaxing, wheedling (U.).

, -ughadh, v. tr., I convince, persuade, contradict; coax, wheedle.

, -a, f., a false resemblance.

, -a, f., loveliness, fineness.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I embellish, adorn, beautify.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I allure, decoy, solace, comfort.

, -aighe, a., of beautiful hair (T. G.).

, g. breill or brill, m., a blur, spot, a stain, a mark, a speck; an eye-sore; a slur, shame, blemish, disgrace, reproach, stigma, scandal, infamy; a blunder; dishonour, discredit; a tumour, an imposthume; the knob at the end of one arm of a flail; lubberly lips; any disfigurement or serious defect; tá breall ort, you are in a wretched state; breall do chur ar dhuine, to plunge a man into misfortune; rinne sé breall de, he spoiled it.

, g. breill or brill, m., the glans penis. See <<breall>> above.

, -aighe, a., knotty; blubber-lipped; disgraceful, reproachful, rude, audacious.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a sort of oval shell-fish (Ker.) also biorlacán and breiliúcán (W. Cork).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a giddy, thoughtless fellow, a poltroon. See spreallaire and spreallairín.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a chamber-pot, a urinal.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a foolish fellow; a poor wretch; one who talks nonsense; also darnell grass.

, a large shell-fish which buries itself, the "black top" (Don.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a shell-fish. See <<breallacán>>.

, -óige, -óga, f., a graceless, awkward woman.

, -úin, pl. id., m., an awkward clown.

, -éine, a., fetid, rotten; ill-odoured; fig., mean, paltry; táim bréan díot, I am disgusted with you (M.).

, -éin, -éanta, m., a kind of fish (Don. and Meath); in Meath a "brime," perhaps pike; dar a bhfuil de bhric is do bhréantaibh, ar thóin Loch' Bhréachmhuighe (Meath song).

, -nta, m., act of rotting, polluting.

, -einc, pl. id. and -aidhe, m., gill of a fish (Ker.).

, m., the down of birds.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., stubble land dug up with the spade and left fallow. See <<branar>>.

, -aidh, m., a bream. See <<bran>> and <<bréan>>.

, -ais, m., offensiveness of smell, rottenness.

, -óige, -óga, f., a slattern.

I.

, -a, m., a prince; a troop; as a., great, mighty.

II.

, -a, m., noise, mirth, jollity; as adj., noisy, jovial.

, -aighe, a., noisy, loquacious.

, g. id. pl. -ridhe, m., a babbler, a flatterer, a lively person.

, -a, f., babble, prate.

, -ail, m., raddle for marking sheep; a mark, a stain; slang for "blood."

, -aighe, a., of a dirty red colour.

, -ainne, -anna, f., a king's court or palace.

, -luaithe, a., exceedingly swift.

, -dhe, a., chatty, affable, having conversational powers; tá géag ghlan daithte bhéilmhilis bhreasnaidh ag céimniughadh mar an lile ar an árd so thiar (Art Mac Cobhthaigh), hence breasnaidheacht.

, -a, f., affability, power of conversing agreeably, chattering, prating, babbling.

, indec. a., princely, fine, grand.

, -a, f., playing pranks.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a trickster, a boaster (Aran and Meath).

, -aighe, a., boastful (Aran and Meath].

, g. breithe, f., judgment, sentence; bás na breithe, the death of condemnation. See <<breith>>.

, -aighe, a., judicial, critical, judicious, discerning.

, g., -aine and -an (both in Kea., F. F.), f., Great Britain; Wales (Con.).

, g. id., f., a penance, as enjoined in the sacrament of Penance.

, m., a birth-day.

, -aighe, Welsh; as s., a Welshman.

, -uighthe, m., act of judging, perceiving, observing, judgment, arbitration, reflection, opinion, examination; adverse opinion, censure; b. do dhéanamh ar, to examine.

, -ughadh, v. tr. and intr. (with ar), I discern, examine, judge; conceive, design; I

See <<breathnughadh>>.

(breac-).

, -aighe, a., of beautiful form.

See <<preiceall>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little trout; also bricín.

, -mhéise, -mhiasa, f., a beautiful plate, a dish.

, -nighe, a., speckled, variegated.

, -a, f., speckleduess, spottedness.

, -e, f., frieze; a cloth of any kind; bréidín, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., id. (bréidín is the word usually heard in Con., bréid and bréide in M.; in Don., bréid, bréidín, a strip of cloth for swaddling, etc.).

, f., a pocket-handkerchief.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, f., a hole; also a finger-nail (O'N.).

, -nighe, a., perforated all over (O'N.).

, -a, f., act of perforating (O'N.).

, -dhealbha, pl. id., m., an idol.

, -a, pl. id., m., a disguise, a mask, a false appearance.

, m., a romance or fable.

, -oige, -oga, f., a whortleberry.

, g. id., pl. -cidhe, m., a coxcomb; a lout.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a worthless, insignificant person; a coxcomb, a trickster.

, -aighe, a., having lumpy fingers.

, a., slovenly; breillice breillsce, a slovenly lout (E. R.).

, -eama, -eamanna, m., crepitus ventris. also braidhm.

, -nighe, f., actus crepitandi ventro.

, -neach and -iughadh v. intr., crepitum ventris edo.

, g. id., f., a stench; rottenness.

, -a, f., filthiness, nastiness.

, -aighe, a., foul-toothed.

, -e, f. increase, profit; an addition; breis is bliadhain, more than a year; breis mhór is seachtmhain, a good deal more than a week; ag dul i mbreis, increasing (in pregnancy), growing; seachtmhain is breis, more than a week; breis somet. = too much.

, -e, pl. id., f., loss, damage (Con.).

, m., exorbitant interest.

, -mhla, a., increasing, prospering.

, -e, g. also beirthe and beartha, f., act of bearing, carrying, choosing, taking, bringing, being born; birth, descent; in connection with other words: getting, producing, coming, giving, sending, fighting, winning, carrying off, counting; with ar: tá breith agat ar phósadh, you need not be in a hurry to marry, there is time enough; tá breith agat air, (absolutely) you need not go so soon, you have time enough; beirfidh sé air;, he need not hurry (Don.); ag breith suas leis, overtaking him; ag breith buidheachais, returning thanks; ní raibh breith agam air, I had not time to do it; níl aon bhreith aige air, he stands no comparison with him.

I.

, -e, -idhe, f., a wager, a stake to be played for.

II.

, -e, f., judgment, decision, sentence; doom, fate. See <<breath>>.

, f., penance, compunction (nom. also breath-aithrighe).

, f., judgment, decision, opinion. See <<breith>>.

, -theamhan and -thimh, pl. -theamhain, m., a judge, a brehon; an arbiter; a lawgiver.

, indec. a., judicial, judge-like.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a judge; as a., judicious, judicial, critical.

, -ais, m., the decision of a judge, a judgment; a legal or administrative system; an breitheamhnas tuaithe, the legal system of the country (Kea., F. F.).

, g. id., m., fire, flame; phosphorus; fire that proceeds from putrid matter, as old and decayed timber, putrid fish, etc..

, f., flint.

, a., fiery, flaming, blazing.

, -oidhte, m., act of sickening, enfeebling, crushing.

, vl. breodh and breodhadh, p. a. breoidhte, v. tr., I enfeeble, oppress, sicken.

, -shnuighe, v. tr., I crush and mangle, I excruciate.

, breoite, p. a., ailing, sick, oppressed, in anguish. (breoidhte is the usual word for sick in M., elsewhere tinn is the word. In M. tinn means sore; one says tá mo lámh tinn, my hand is sore, but not tá mo lámh breoidhte; in Don., duine breoidhte = one who is in feeble health, or dying a slow death.

, -a, f., sickness (chiefly in M.) anguish, anxiety.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a coaxer.

, -a, f., act of coaxing.

, -air, m., used for briathar (a word, etc.), in asseveration, as dar mo bhriadar, on my word, in solemn earnest (M.).

, g. bréithre and briathair, pl. briathra and bréithre, gpl. briathar and bréithre, m. and f., a word, statement, saying, word of honour, judgment, sentence; im briathar, on my word, really! a precept: ní bheathuigheann na briathra na bráithre, friars will not live on precepts.

, indec. a., verbal, wordy.

, -aighe, a., wordy, verbose, talkative; milis-bh., sweet-spoken.

, -ais, m., verbosity, talkativeness.

, -éara, -éiridhe, m., a brewer.

, -a, f., brewing.

, f., state of being speckled or freckled.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a brick, a brick-shaped loaf; bríce aráin, a brick-shaped loaf of bread; bríce meala, a honeycomb.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, m., a freckle.

, -nighe, a., freckled.

, -léithe, a., grizzly-haired; as subs., a grizzly-haired man.

, g. id., pl. -nidhe, f., freckledness; bricnidhe gréine, freckles (Omeath and Don.).

, -dighe, -deacha, f., a bride, a maiden.

I.

, -oige, -oga, f., a small basket, a basket or hamper used for straining potatoes, turnips, etc.; angler's fishing net (also birdeog).

II.

, -oige, -oga, f., a nymph, a damsel, a virgin; dim. of brídeach, a bride.

, -oige, -oga, f., an image of St. Bridget used for domestic ceremonies on the eve of that Saint's festival.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a bridegroom.

g. bríogh and bríghe, pl. bríogha, gpl. bríogh, f., power, strength, vigour, force, virtue, efficacy; substance, essence; meaning; de bhrígh go, because; ar bhrígh a mhóide, by the virtue of his oath; dá bhrígh sin, wherefore; ní haon bhrígh dhuit, it is useless for you; ní dhéinim-se acht brígh bhead ded bhriathraibh, I have but little regard for what you say (Os. Tale).

, -ghde, f., Brigid, generally translated Bridget. (In M. Bríghde is used as nom.)

, pl., braces, brillce, g. id., pl. -anna, f., a bungle (O'N.) (also brillse).

, -a, f., bungling (O'N.).

, the clitoris; an awkward person.

I.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., the clitoris, membrum foemineum.

II.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a driveller, a "blether" (Tyrone). See <<breallán>> and <<breillín>>.

, -nighe, a., mealy-mouthed (Mon.).

See <<bruinneall>>.

, g. breachta, pl. id., m., an incantation or spoil; a legend cut on the blade of a weapon; a poem or song set to music; an amulet; sorcery; brightness, clearness.

, -aighe, a., of magic edge.

, -óige, -óga, f., a witch, a sorceress.

, -tighe, a., eloquent, of sweet speech, facetious.

, m., act of wounding, as with charmed weapons.

, p. a., beautifully spun (of words).

, -aighe, a., efficacious, substantial, capable; vigorous, active; violent, bitter.

, -a, f., efficacy, substance.

, -a, f., efficacy.

-ighthe, m., Transubstantiation.

, -aire, a., powerful, vigorous, energetic, effective; often as an epithet of language.

, -úin, pl. id., m., an instrument for hanging dead beeves, etc., in the slaughter-house.

(breallán), -áin, pl. id., m., a senseless or stupid person.

, a kind of shell-fish (Berehaven).

(breallóg), -óige, -óga, f., an effeminate fellow; a fool (applied to man or woman).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a bully, a busybody.

, one side or arm of the crane over the fire; b. an tlugha, one side of the tongs (Con.).

, -e, -idhe, f., a dream, a vision (Don.).

, -dighe, a., dreamy, visionary.

, -deadh, v. tr., I dream.

, -inn, pl. id., m., a fiction, a lie, a dream, a reverie.

, -aighe, a., lying, flattering; fair, pretty.

, -aigh -aighe, m., a liar, a flatterer, briosc, -isce, a., crisp, brittle, active, quick, clever; lavish; careless of money.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a biscuit.

, -aidh, -aidhe, m., the fundament.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a kind of succulent root used for food; a biscuit.

, f., chattering, gossip.

, -aighe, a., crackling, muttering, stammering.

, -aighe, f., what is broken up or shattered, as straw, etc.; b. suip, broken straw (as for bedding).

, -aighe, f., creaking; ag b., crepitare ventro.

, -aighe, a., loquacious, given to chattering.

, -aigh m., anything very brittle.

, -áin (brioscán), m., silver weed, goose-grass, skirvet, wild tansey.

, -dhighe, a., broken-hearted (P. O'C.).

, -ughadh (brioscaim, -adh), v. tr., I start, bound, spring; I soften, make brittle.

, g. id., pl. -dhthe, m., a prater, a prattler.

, -aighe, a., lisping, stammering; chirping.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a stutterer.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a lisper, a stammerer.

, -a, f., lisping, stuttering, stammering, chattering.

, -e, f., anything British, the British tongue.

,-ail, pl. id., m., a stammer, stutter, impediment (in speech)(Der.).

, -ais, m., in topog., a speckled spot or place, briotóg, -óige, -óga, f., a British woman.

, g. id., f., crispness, brittleness, tenderness, quickness, smartness; brisceacht, f., id.

, -ste, m., act of breaking, a breach, a fracture, a wounding, a fraction, a change as in the weather, balance or change in money; briseadh croidhe, a breaking of the heart; b. amach, an eruption, a suspension from office; briseadh agus beárnadh ort, may you undergo wounding and fracture; a defeat; briseadh na Bóinne, the defeat or battle of the Boyne.

, -seadh, v. tr. and intr., I break, suspend, depose, dismember, disunite, I wound; I win (a battle); do bhris N. trí catha ar Fh., N. won three battles over the F.; duine do briseadh amach, to depose a person, deprive him of his position.

, -ligh, m., a breach, defeat, rout; Brisleach Mór Muighe Muirtheimhne, the title of an ancient tale.

, p. a., broken, routed, suspended, deposed; maide briste, colloq. for a pair of tongs (Don.).

, g. id., pl. -tidhe, m., breeches, a breeching in harness; b. glúnach and b. glún, knee-breeches; b. fada, trousers; b. gearra and b. gairid, also b. cromáin and b. colpach, knee-breeches (brístidhe in U.).

See <<bruithtíneach>>.

, g. brón, d. bróin, pl. bróinte, f., a quern, a handmill; a great wave.

, g. bruibh, pl. -bhanna, m., a rush, a salt marsh club rush, a blade of grass, etc.; a rush dipped in tallow used as a candle, a number of these plaited together form a trillseán (Con.); a trifle (with neg.); a handful of hay or straw stretched out at full length (M.).

I.

, g. bruic, pl. id., m., a badger; filth, refuse.

II.

, -ruice, a., grey, speckled.

I.

, -aighe, a., dirty, filthy, spotted; grey; bainin brocach, grey flannel (Don.).

II.

, -aighe, a., clumsy, sodden.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a clumsy, sodden person.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a badger-hunter, a terrier, a stout, burly little man.

, -e, -idhe, f., a den, a haunt of bad persons, as robbers, etc., a dirty place, thing, or person.

See <<brachán>>.

, -aigh m., badger-hunting.

, -aigh pl. -aighe, m., a badger warren.

, -óige, -óga, f., an uncleanly person.

, -ais, m., twilight. See <<breac-sholas>>.

, p. a., spotted, dirty.

, -a, -anna, f., a goad, a prickle, a sting; a rod, a switch; a mite, a trifle.

, g. bróid, m., delight, joy; pride, arrogance; atá bród orm, I am glad.

, -aighe, a., dirty, smeared.

, -aighe, a., proud, glad, pleased.

, -dtha, m., act of urging, goading.

, -mhla, a., proud, saucy, arrogant.

, -a, f., pride, arrogance.

, -uir, m., embroidery; gs., as adj. (Kea.).

, -óige, -óga, f., a shoe, a "brogue," a sandal.

, -uig, pl. id. and -a, m., a house, a mansion. (This form is very common in M. poetry, and is, no doubt, equivalent to brugh).

, -aighe, a., shod, having shoes, like a shoe.

, -aigh, m., a "shuler," a vagabond, a term of abuse (Meath).

, -e, -eanna, f., a cow's after-birth; any dirty, soft thing; a soiled or torn garment; an untidy person (from brogh, filth, dirt, rottenness).

, indec. a., active, lively, brisk, sturdy.

, f., a boot; a high boot, used in fishing.

, g. id., f., the common rush.

, -e, f., bragget, beer.

, g. broide, pl. broididhe, f., captivity, bondage, slavery; need, press, difficulty, hurry; díolfam bó na broide, we will sell a cow, of whose price there will be need; in pl., difficulties, wants.

, -dighe (bródach), a., proud, haughty; glad, pleased.

, -mhla, a., in a difficulty or hurry; busy; energetic.

, -iughadh, v. tr., I stir, excite, stimulate.

, g. id., and -éara, pl. -éiridhe, m., an embroiderer.

, -a, pl. id., embroidery.

, -gille, f., a cormorant; also seaga.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a little shoe; the part of a spade on which the shoe is pressed (Con.).

, -oige, -oga, f., whortleberry.

, -e, f., anger, boldness.

, the breast. See <<brú>>.

, a., black-breasted.

, -dirge, a., red-breasted.

, -adh, v. tr., I fill (myself) to excess with food.

, p. a., having one's belly filled.

, -sigh, pl. id., m., a stout-stomached, low-sized person; broinnseachán, id.

, -ála, f., the act of taking turf out of a trench with a turf-fork; "benching."

, -ora, -oiridhe m., the man who follows the turf-digger and lifts the newly-cut turf out on the bank with a fork (Ker.).

, p. a., belly-ripped.

, -a, f., grinding.

, g. id., pl. -acha, m., a brooch; thread coiled on a spindle.

, -e, -eacha, f., a small variety of plaice (Tory).

, -thighe, -ghthe, m., a slaughtering-house, shambles.

, -aigh -aighe, m., the breast, the bosom; a breastwork; an exordium; a preface. (In M. sp. l. often borlach.)

, -ghile (pron. brolla-gheal, M.), white-breasted.

(brollach-stoc)

, -stuic, m., genune race or stock.

, -aigh -aighe, m., a colt.

, m., a castrated colt (Mayo).

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a stout person, a bumptious person.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a booby, a boor, a rustic.

, -aighe, a., unpolished, rude.

, indec. a., noisy, rude, rustic.

, m., an over-confident fellow.

, -ais, m., boldness, disobedience, impertinence.

, -aighe, a., bold, forward, impertinent.

, g. bróin, m., grief, sorrow; mo bh., my grief! b. do bheith ar . . ., to grieve; ag déanamh bróin, lamenting; fá bhrón, in grief.

, -aighe, a., sorrowful, grieved; an scéal i gcomhnuidhe is ní beag a bhrónaighe, the usual story, which is sad enough.

, -a, -aibh, gs., npl. and dpl. of brú, which see.

, -nta, m., act of bestowing; a gift. pronnadh in Don.

, -aid, m., (?) a gudgeon (Ker.).

, -adh, v. tr., I give, bestow, grant (with ar, gov. dat. of person; but do is used in poetry as well as in sp. l., Con.).

, -láir, m., exact centre, middle (ceart-lár is more modern).

, -aire, a., generous. liberal.

, p. a., given, bestowed, presented, pronnta in Don.

, -aighe, a., generous, bestowing, gift-giving.

, -ais, m., a free gift.

, m., a gift. See <<bronntas>>. Both forms are used by Kea.

, -ais, m., a gift (also bronntanas).

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a giver, a bestower.

, g. id., f., deep sorrow.

, -ála, f., fury, rage; ag broscáil chucha, about to deliver an enraged attack on them (W. Ker.).

, -áin, m., a heap of fragments.

, -air, m., fragments; a rout; a remnant of an army; broscar bíodhbha, a wicked rabble. See <<bruscar>>.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a faggot, an armful of wood; broken wood for firing.

, -aighe, -acha, a faggot, a chip of wood. See <<brosna>>.

, brosnughadh. See brostuighim, brostughadh.

, -uighthe, m., act of stimulating, inciting, arousing.

, -ughadh, v. tr., I incite, arouse, stimulate; intr., I hurry, make haste; brostuigh ort, make haste.

, p. a., quick in action; eager, energetic.

, -thighe, a., stimulating, quick in action.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a prompter, a hastener, an instigator.

, -a, pl. id., m., a mote, a straw, an atom, broth, -a, m., a cutaneous disease, the itch, an eruption of the skin, broth, -a, -anna, m., a halo round the moon (U.).

, -aighe, a., scabby, eruptive, brothach, -aighe, a., boiling; uisce brothach, boiling water.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., one with much hair or fur on.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a butcher; a soup or broth seller; a cauldron of soup or broth.

, -aill, m., heat, warmth, sultriness; comfort, luxury.

, -aighe, a., hot, warm, sultry; comfortable, luxurious; in easy circumstances; as subs. a hot-tempered person (Con.).

, -áin, m., great thirst.

, -áin (dim. of brothall), m., heat.

, -aigh, pl. id., m., a cooking pit used by butchers, etc., at fairs.

See <<bruthóg>>.

, -uis, pl. id., m., a mixture, a medley; Scotch, brose.

, g. bronn, bruinne, broinne, d. bruinn, broinn, pl. bronna, gpl. bronn, dpl. bronnaibh, f., the womb, the belly; the breast, bosom (nom. also broinn or bruinn).

, g. -aich, pl. -acha, m., a brink, edge, a bank (of river), border, boundary; a trunk.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a bird called the wagtail; the name glasóg, -óige, -óga, f., is more usual.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a border, a fringe.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a miser, a mean sordid person.

, m., a suburb.

, g. id., m., evening. See <<tráthnóna>>.

, -aradh, I dream.

, -air, pl. id., m., a dream, a reverie.

, rushes; b. glasa, green rushes.

, -óige, -óga, f., a pouch made of sheepskin.

, -uis, m., the fluttering of birds going to roost.

, -úichte, -úchta, f., a belch, a blast, froth; an ejaculation; brúcht sneachtaidh, a heavy snowfall.

, -aigh, m., belching, bursting forth, springing as water.

, -ttha, m., act of belching forth or gushing; the sudden appearance of the sun after rain.

, -adh, v. intr., I belch, sally, rush out; seacht locha do bhrúcht i nÉirinn i n-aimsir Phartholóin, seven lakes burst forth in Ireland in the time of Partholon (Kea., F. F.).

, m., discharge of froth or foam.

, -dhortadh, v. intr. and tr., I pour forth, jet forth.

, -e, f., act of belching, belching from excessive food, act of bursting forth, springing up (as water), overflowing.

, -óra, -óiridhe, m., a belcher.

, -áin, pl. id., m., an insignificant person, a miser. See <<bruachán>>.

, g. id., and bruigh, also brogha, pl. brugha, m., a large house, a palace; a fort, a fairy mansion, a hillock; frequent in place names; Brugh Sheagháin, Broughshane, Co. Antrim; Brugh Ríogh, Bruree, etc. (In M. brog, bruig, brogaibh are often used indiscriminately with brugh, 7c.)

, -úighte, m., bruising, crushing.

, g. id., pl. -aidhidhe, m., a farmer, a yeoman, a husbandman.

(brúighim), -adh, v. tr., I bruise, break, crush, press, push, I reduce to pulp; imper.

, v. tr. and intr.; do bhrúigh chuige, he controlled his emotions; do bhrúigh sé faoi, id.; brúigh isteach, come in close, press in; brúigh díot amach an doras, press the door forward.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a brewer (also bríbhéir).

, -e, -idhe, f., a brute, a beast.

, f., beastly, fleshy life.

, -dighe, a., beastly.

, -ála, f., smouldering (W.Ker.).

, -mhla, a., beastly, brutish.

, -dhne, f., a castle, a fortress, a royal residence, a fairy palace (common in place names).

, -aigh m., a bubbling up, a boiling (Don.).

, -iughadh (broidighim), v. tr., I enslave, torture, stab, press, urge on, incite.

, -ghne, -gheanta, f., strife, quarrel; act of quarrelling.

, -aighe, a., quarrelsome (also bruigheantach).

, p. a., bruised, crushed, oppressed.

, -a, f., bruising, crushing; croidhe-bh., contrition of heart.

, g. id., m., boiled potatoes made into pulp and mixed with butter.

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a swallow (Con.).

, m., broom, bromus, creeping wheat grass, scutch grass, couch grass; bruim-fhéar seagalamhail, rye-like broom grass; bruim-fhéar bog, soft broom grass; b. sneigh, upright broom grass; b. giobach, hairy broom grass; b. aimridh, sterile broom grass; b. machaire, field broom grass; b. fiodhbhadh, slender wood broom grass; b. sciathánach, winged broom grass; b. aitheach, gigantic broom grass. (In U. couch grass = féar gaoil.)

, -deadh, v. tr., I smelt, refine; an t-ór iar n-a bruindeadh, smelted gold.

, an image, an effigy, an idol.

i. breathamhnas, judgment, sentence, doom; hence bruinne (broinne), the final judgment (P. O'C.); hence the phrase go bruinne an bhrátha, till the day of doom.

(used as nom. form only in M.), g. id., pl. -nidhe (brú, bruinn), f., the breast, the verge, the brink, limit; re bruinnibh báis, on the point of death; an epithet of St. John the Evangelist. See <<brú>>.

, -nighe, a., pregnant, as subs., f., a mother, a nurse (also bruinnteach).

, -daigh, pl. -daighe and -dacha, m., an apron.

, -nille, -ealla, f., a fair lady, a beautiful maiden (poet.) (bruinn-gheal).

(Ker.), bun dearg (Sc.), red murrain.

, -e, m., the knap of cloth.

, p. a., fine, refined, smelted.

, -tighe, a., pregnant.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a fragment, a particle; collect., brúireach, fragments, bits (in M. sp. l. blúire).

, -righe, f., fragments, bits, scraps (Kea.). See <<brúire>>.

, -e, f., small splinters, shivers, underwood, rushes, etc., left on river banks by the falling flood. See <<brus>>.

, -e, f., act of cooking, baking, seething.

, -thin, m., spirit, spunk, courage (Mayo).

, vl. bruth, p. p. bruithte, v. tr. and intr., I boil, cook, seeth, I melt, refine, liquefy, smelt; intr., I boil, bubble up, spring up (as a liquid). (In M. beirbhim is generally used instead of bruithim).

, -áin, m., dry murrain in cattle (Aran)

, g. id., pl. -idhe, m., a fat paunch (Mayo).

I.

, -nighe, a., hot, glowing from a furnace.

II.

, -nighe, -neacha, f., great heat; a batch of roasted potatoes hot from the fire. (In M., bruthóg and luathóg, in Don. praisteal).

, -thinte, m., heat; act of boiling, melting; act of curing honey.

, -ora, -oiridhe, m., a refiner or smelter of metals.

, -neadh, v. tr., I cook, boil, melt. See <<bruithim>>.

, p. a., baked, boiled, sodden, refined, liquefied (beirbhthe, M.).

, -tighe, a., that boils or seethes; apt to boil or seethe, apt to melt or liquefy.

, -a, f., sultriness.

, -nighe, f., measles.

, m., moroseness; tá b. air, he has a fit of the blues.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a pedant; a grumbler.

, -aire, a., big-bellied.

, -óige, -óga, f., an untidy person.

, -is, m., dust; broken straw; the lopping off of trees; small fragments; a remnant; do dhein sé brus, he caused great commotion, got very angry or excited, wept bitterly, etc. (Ker.). See <<bruscar>>.

, g. id., pl. -ridhe, m., a trickster; a scamp; one fond of chaffing others, as an attorney; a busybody (W. Ker.).

, -úisc, pl. id., m., a clown; a bhrúisc bhodaigh, you unmannerly churl.

, -áin, pl. id., m., a remnant; trash; a mob, a rabble.

, -air, m., crumbs of bread; fragments of wood, etc.; a remnant; a rout of an army. See <<broscar>> (in M. pron. brúscar).

, -aighe, a., insignificant, worthless; ag treascarnach bhruscarnach thubaisteach dhearóil dom ithe, 7c. (T. G.).

, m., the rabble rout; bruscar-shluagh na Breatan Móire, the rabble rout of Great Britain (Kea., F. F.).

, -a, -anna, m., the mass, lump, cast, or charge of glowing metal in the forge or furnace; a wedge or piece of metal red-hot from the forge (P. O'C.).

, -a, -anna, m., heat, warmth; the heat of life; an eruption of the skin owing to an overheat of the body; vigour, wrath, anger; a great wave of the sea

, -aighe, a., fierce, glowing.

, I roast, bake, boil. See <<bruithim>>.

, -aire, a., fiery, ardent, furious; cosy, comfortable.

, -ughadh, v. intr., I seethe, boil, am enraged. See <<bruithnim>> and <<bruithim>>.

I.

, -óige, -óga, f., a batch of potatoes roasted; bruithneog (Con.).

II.

, -óige, -óga, a brutish person, a glutton, a clown (Don.).