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boil, boile, madness, Ir. buile, E. Ir. baile:
bòilich, tall talk, boasting; cf. Eng. bawl, cry like cows (bó).
boillsg, gleam; *bolg-s-cio‑; Lat. fulgeo, shine, Eng. effulgent, Lit. blizgù, glance, shine, Eng. blink, I. E. bhleg, *fulgeo.
boineid, a bonnet, Ir. boineud; from Eng. bonnet.
boinne, a drop, Ir. bain (d. pl. bainnibh), O. Ir. banne, Cor., Br. banne; Celt. bannjâ (Stokes). See bainne. Hence boinneanta, healthy, well-built.
boirche, a buffalo (Sh., Lh.), so Ir.; perhaps allied to Lat. ferus, Eng. bear.
boireal, a small auger (M‘F.); founded on Eng. bore.
boiriche, rising ground, bank (M‘D.); same root as Ger. berg, mountain, Eng. ice-berg.
boirionn, female, feminine, Ir. bainionn, boinionn; *bani‑, from the word bean, ban, q.v. Hence biorionnach, a female, which is masc. in gender, having been originally neuter. Cf. doirionn for doinionn (Arg.).
bois, the palm; see bas.
boiseag, slap in the face, palmful, Ir., M. Ir. boiseóg, buffet.
boiseid, a belt, budget; from the English
boisg, gleam; boillsg.
boiteadh, boiled food for horses (H.S.D.), Eng. bait:
boiteag, a maggot; see botus.
boitean, a bundle of hay or straw; for boiteal, from Sc. buttle, Eng. bottle, bundle of hay, from O. Fr. botte.
boitidh, the call to pig, boit, a taste for (Dialectic):
bòl, a bowl; from the English.
boladh, smell, so Ir., O. Ir. bolad, *bulato‑; Lit. bu’ls, dusty air (Bezzenberger). Stokes has compared Lit. bulis, buttock, Skr. buli, vulva.
bolanta, excellent; root bol, as in adhbhal, q.v.
bolla, a boll; from Sc., Eng. boll. Hence also bolla, a buoy.
bolt, a welt, Ir. balta, welt, border; from the Lat. balteus, girdle, Eng. belt. Cf. Eng. welt, W. gwald.
boma, a bomb; from the English.
bonn, foundation, so Ir., O. Ir. bond; Lat. fundus; Skr. budhná; Eng. bottom.
bonn, a coin, so Ir.; possibly from Lat. pondo.
bonnach, cake, bannock, Ir. boinneóg, oaten cake. This word, like the Sc., bannock, appears to be founded on Lat. pānicum, pānis, bread.
bonnanach, a strapping fellow (Mrs M‘Ph.), bonnanaich, active young men (Skye):
borb, fierce, so Ir., O. Ir. borp; allied to, or, more probably, borrowed from, Lat. barbarus.
