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Synecphonesis :: Synechia (n.) A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens..

Irishmen :: Irishmen (pl. ) of Irishma.

Disestablishment :: Disestablishment (n.) The act or process of unsettling or breaking up that which has been established; specifically, the withdrawal of the support of the state from an established church; as, the disestablishment and disendowment of the Irish Church by Act of Parliament..

Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Fig.: The practice of extortion.

Shamrock :: Shamrock (n.) A trifoliate plant used as a national emblem by the Irish. The legend is that St. Patrick once plucked a leaf of it for use in illustrating the doctrine of the trinity.

Ixia :: Ixia (n.) A South African bulbous plant of the Iris family, remarkable for the brilliancy of its flowers..

Bogtrotter :: Bogtrotter (n.) One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.

Acre :: Acre (n.) A piece of land, containing 160 square rods, or 4,840 square yards, or 43,560 square feet. This is the English statute acre. That of the United States is the same. The Scotch acre was about 1.26 of the English, and the Irish 1.62 of the English..

Fleur-de-lis :: Fleur-de-lis (n.) The iris. See Flower-de-luce.

Iris :: Iris (n.) An appearance resembling the rainbow; a prismatic play of colors.

Empiristic :: Empiristic (a.) Relating to, or resulting from, experience, or experiment; following from empirical methods or data; -- opposed to nativistic..

Hibernianism :: Hibernianism (n.) An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.

Teague :: Teague (n.) An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.

Seg :: Seg (n.) The gladen, and other species of Iris..

Irised :: Irised (a.) Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.

Iridic :: Iridic (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris of the eye.

Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.

Gairish/ness :: Gairish/ness (n.) Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness..

Light-footed :: Light-footed (a.) Having a light, springy step; nimble in running or dancing; active; as, light-foot Iris..

Booly :: Booly (n.) A company of Irish herdsmen, or a single herdsman, wandering from place to place with flocks and herds, and living on their milk, like the Tartars; also, a place in the mountain pastures inclosed for the shelter of cattle or their keepers..

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