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          buacall        
  
      Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):     a creeping plant growing in sand, somewhat like scutch-grass; it is used a' ceangailt na mbaoití ins na potaí (gliomach).        
  
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          buail        
  
      Sampla(í) Úsáide:     in common phr. bhuail air, he started, commenced determinedly, got going at.        
  
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          buarach        
  
      Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):     rope tied round cow's neck in byre        
  
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          Buile an Bhodaigh        
  
      Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):     name of a constellation: thoir dtuaidh a bhíons sé, Lá'l Muire beag a bhíon sé le feiceál (Sb); this description would seem to indicate the Pleiades. See Pádraig Ó Moghráin in Béaloideas, xiii, pp. 166, 184. MCd described it as 3 réalt agus 4 réalt, while TmB mentioned seacht réalt, and added faoi fhéil Páraic tá sí thiar, faoi Nollaic ó dheas, which would indicate rather Oríon, perh. See also Celtica, xii, 182.        
  
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          builte ar        
  
      Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):     beside, close to        
  
      Sampla(í) Úsáide:     bhí an caisleán buailte air, the castle was beside him, quite near him.        
  
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          búirthín        
  
      Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):     spancel ar a' dá chos tosaigh        
  
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          bun        
  
      Sampla(í) Úsáide:     tá bun gon uair seo air, seasfa sí, it will stand, i. the weather will remain fine, Tá bun maith orthú, they are well off, well to do.        
  
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          bun a chúl        
  
      Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):     well off        
  
      Sampla(í) Úsáide:     tá siad i n-a suí go bláfar bun a chúl .i. a dtastáil acú         
  
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          bun bárr        
  
      Ciall nó Míniú (BÉARLA):     entirely, totally        
  
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          bundún        
  
      Ciall nó Míniú (Gaeilge):     go mhí-ádh nó go mhí-rath air        
  
      Sampla(í) Úsáide:     tá sé go bhundún air        
  
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