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bréan-lóib
Meaning or Explanation (EN): black rotten bog matter under blown sand at sea-edge. The slip (céibh) should have been built on rocks, but instead it was built on the bréanlóib, consequently had no proper foundation and did not last.
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bréan-lóib
Meaning or Explanation (GA): an-aibéil ar a cois a' déanamh obair, (nó) a' siúl
Usage (EN): cailín breabhsach, cailín óg leitheadach, prancing and showing off (MMt); bean bhreabhsach, bean a mbíonn a cuid gruaige foscailte agus i n-aimhréidh (TmB).
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Breathnach
Usage (EN): Riocard a' Bhreathnaigh, Riocard a' Tower, was a well known seanachai
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bríce
Meaning or Explanation (EN): brick
Usage (EN): chomh díreach leis a' mbríce
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brígh
Usage (EN): faoi bhrí mo mhionna níl aon dath aige sin duithe ach orad liom-s', upon my oath he has none of it (sheep) more than I.
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brionglán
Meaning or Explanation (EN): barb (on wire)
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broc
Meaning or Explanation (EN): badger
Usage (EN): chomh fallsa le broc, as lasy as a badger.
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brocach
Meaning or Explanation (EN): dirty, filthy
Usage (EN): tá d'éadan bróch brocach salach
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brochán
Meaning or Explanation (EN): limpets boiled with flour
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brochán lom
Meaning or Explanation (EN): gruel
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