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(1) limb; ti. -aibh 2030, 2089; boill nāireacha, genitals, 2028-9; (2) member, 410; boill mheirdrighe, meretricious, members, 2210-1; (3) spot, place, 453, 482; ar b., immediately, 816, 2512.

An Teagasg Críosdaidhe. Author: Bonabhentura Ó hEodhasa, O.F.M.. Editor: Fearghal Mac Raghnaill, O.F.M.

(1) a member, limb (also fig., 4074), 1150 ; npl. boill, 4074 ; apl. balla, 3952, 4091, boill, 4092 ; dpl. ballaibh, 2698. (2) an article of clothing, 283. (3) a place. a n-éanbhall ré, along with, 197. ar an mball, at once, forthwith, 280, 292, 491, 1843, 2176, 5070, 5521, 6709, 6828 (in all the foregoing instances it translates Sp. ‘ luego ’), 1168, 4776, 4835.

Desiderius, otherwise called Sgáthán an Chrábhaidh. Author: Flaithrí Ó Maolchonaire. Editor: Thomas F. O’Rahilly.