Definition of irish

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Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.

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Fading :: Fading (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song..
Rapparee :: Rapparee (n.) A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary..
Fairish :: Fairish (a.) Tolerably fair.
Hiberno-celtic :: Hiberno-Celtic (n.) The native language of the Irish; that branch of the Celtic languages spoken by the natives of Ireland. Also adj.
Fenian :: Fenian (n.) A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland..
Absentee :: Absentee (n.) One who absents himself from his country, office, post, or duty; especially, a landholder who lives in another country or district than that where his estate is situated; as, an Irish absentee..
Planxty :: Planxty (n.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character..
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.
Hibernian :: Hibernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish..
Irish :: Irish (a.) Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.
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..
Banshie :: Banshie (n.) A supernatural being supposed by the Irish and Scotch peasantry to warn a family of the speedy death of one of its members, by wailing or singing in a mournful voice under the windows of the house..
Poteen :: Poteen (n.) Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry..
Gairishly :: Gairishly (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.
Megaceros :: Megaceros (n.) The Irish elk.
Irishry :: Irishry (n.) The Celtic people of Ireland.
Carrigeen :: Carrigeen (n.) A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce..
Gadhelic :: Gadhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx..
O :: O' () A prefix to Irish family names, which signifies grandson or descendant of, and is a character of dignity; as, O'Neil, O'Carrol..
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