C025a-1

bolag uisce
Meaning or Explanation (EN): the water-bag from a cow about to calve
Tuilleadh
bolagán béice
Meaning or Explanation (EN): fuzzball
Usage (EN): tá mo cheann i n-a bholagán béice agad, you have me moithered with the noise you are causing. In Westmeath the fuzzball is called a 'sheep's fart'.
Tuilleadh
boráiste
Meaning or Explanation (EN): charlock, which in other parts of the country is called praiseach
Tuilleadh
botún
Meaning or Explanation (GA): faoi ghé, cnáimh faoi n-a dhá cois
Tuilleadh
bráca
Meaning or Explanation (EN): hovels, bad houses
Tuilleadh
bradán
Meaning or Explanation (EN): frog in asses' hoof
Tuilleadh
bradhall
Meaning or Explanation (EN): cormorant
Tuilleadh
breacadh
Meaning or Explanation (EN): roughening
Usage (EN): a' breacadh na bróine le bior iarainn
Tuilleadh
breacadh
Meaning or Explanation (EN): streaks of different colour, markings
Usage (EN): tá breacadh an scadáin ionntú, .i. tá do lorgain breac ag a' tinidh (Sb). Vb.: ní caoirigh iad go mbreaca siad, ní ba go ndubha siad, sheep are not mature or full grown until they brighten in colour, nor cows until they become fully black (when younger, black cattle are usually brownish in colour) (MMt).
Tuilleadh
bréag
Usage (EN): níl mé a' cur bréige air, I'm not belying him
Tuilleadh

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