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B (beiṫ, the birch tree), the second letter of the Modern Irish Alphabet. t)', for bA or bux> ; gup 6'e, that it was he. t)A, v. irr., was. See if. t)A, pi. of bo, a cow ; cows, kine. t)AO, g. bAibe, pi. DAibeACA, /., a baby ; a maiden (poet.) ; dim. bAibi'n, a little baby ; a maiden. t)AbAc, -bAije, a., sweet. t)AbAcc, -A, /., sweetness. t)AbAdc, -A, /., childishness, inno- cence. t)AbAil, -AlA, /., the catching of eels by draining water ; bob- bing. t)A6Aim, -A-O, v. tr., I sweeten. t)AbAn, -Ain, pi. id., m., a little baby ; a tuft, a tassel, short bits of thread. t)AbAHAc, -Aije, a., tufted, having tassels, fringed. UAbAticA, indec. a., childish, inno- cent. t)Ab i 6un. See bA-ob-oun. t)Abtoifi, -6tiA, -oittnie, m., a babbler, a prater, gossip. t)Ab65, -oire, -OJA, /., a little baby ; a doll. I)AC, -AIC, pi. id., ni., a stop, an impediment ; a prop ; a pin, a peg or crook ; a thole pin ; a joint, a hook. t>AC, g. bAic, m., a hob (Don.). t)AC, g. bAice, /., a hob (Om.). t)A6, -A, m., drunkenness ; a rout ; a defeat. I)ACAC, -AI, pi. id. aud -Aie, in., a lame man, a cripple, beggar ; dim. bACACAti, id. t)ACAc, -Aije, a., lame, halt ; de- fective, imperfect ; jrAoifoiti bACAd, an imperfect Confession (of the Sacrament). DACACA-O, -AITD and -6cA, TO., act of maiming, laming, crippling. bACA-6, -CCA, m., stoppage, a halt- ing, a hindrance. t>ACAi-6eAcc, -A, /., lameness. t>ACAije, g. id., f., lameness. tJACAil, -AtA, /., act of baking (A* t)ACAtm, id. bAC and bACAT), v. tr. and intr., I hinder, prevent, meddle with ; nA bAC teif, never mind him, let him alone, pay no heed to him, don't mind that ; also, riA bAC f Ain, don't mind that; tiA bAC e, don't mind it. bACAijte, g. id., pi. -jii-oe, m., a drunkard. t)AcAifteAcc, -A, /., constant touch- ing, striking, or kicking ; drunkenness. t)ACAtt, -Aitl, p. id., m., a curl, a ringlet ; a shepherd's crook, a crozier, a staff; the knob on a stick, etc. t)ACAti, -Ain, pi. id., m., a handle ; a hinge, a hinge-hook ; the threadle of a spado ; a pot- hangers ; back stone of fire- place (Om.) ; the projecting stones to which the -pujAin are fastened in thatching (Don.) ; a hook for gathering sea-weed (Aran). t>ACAtiAc, -Aije, a., hooked, bent, crooked. t)ACAtiAim, -A-O, v. tr., I bend, I make crooked. t)ACA|iAn, -Ain, m., bog bane (an herb growing in marshy places). bACAfit, -Aiftc, m., a carpenter's rule ; ni't optAc bACAific lonn- Atn f lAn, there is not an inch of me by the rule sound. t)AcJAit, -e, /., lameness ; act of limping. t)AclA, -A-6, /., the germ, sprout or