Definition of irish

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

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Gairishly :: Gairishly (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.
Megaceros :: Megaceros (n.) The Irish elk.
Bogtrotter :: Bogtrotter (n.) One who lives in a boggy country; -- applied in derision to the lowest class of Irish.
Poteen :: Poteen (n.) Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry..
Fenian :: Fenian (n.) A member of a secret organization, consisting mainly of Irishment, having for its aim the overthrow of English rule in ireland..
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.
Gadhelic :: Gadhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx..
Brogue :: Brogue (v. t.) A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.
Wake :: Wake (n.) The sitting up of persons with a dead body, often attended with a degree of festivity, chiefly among the Irish..
Irishry :: Irishry (n.) The Celtic people of Ireland.
Biddy :: Biddy (n.) An Irish serving woman or girl.
Irishmen :: Irishmen (pl. ) of Irishma.
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..
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants..
Paddy :: Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.
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..
Irishman :: Irishman (n.) A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.
Iricism :: Iricism (n.) Irishism.
Hibernianism :: Hibernianism (n.) An idiom or mode of speech peculiar to the Irish.
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