bàrr

-a, sm Top, uppermost part of anything. 2 Point, as of a weapon or shoe. 3 Crop of grain, grass or vegetables. 4 Harvest. 5 Superiority. 6 Suet. 7 Cream, ‡‡ fat floating on the surface. 8 Scum. 9** Bread, food. 10** Acme. 11** Branch. 12** Height, hill. 13** Head, helmet. 14‡‡ Battlement. 15** rarely son, (see † bàr). 16 Pee of an anchor. Tha an deagh bhàrr aca, they have an excellent crop; bàrr na snàthaid, the point of the needle; bàrr a bhata, the end of his staff; thug sin bàrr air na chuala mi riamh, that excels everything I ever heard; a bhàrr air sin, besides, moreover; bàrr maise, superiority in beauty; mar cheò air barraibh nam beann, like a mist on the tops of the hills; buntàta a' crathadh bhon bhàrr, potatoes shaking from the haulms; chan fhàg e bun no bàrr, he will leave neither root nor branch; a' chuach leis fo bhàrr, his cup brimming over; lìon a-mach le bàrr is le gucaig e, pour it out up to the brim or with a head on it; Dia air bàrr, God above all — an invocation used when in great danger or distress.

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