Definition of irish

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

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Teague :: Teague (n.) An Irishman; -- a term used in contempt.
Hibernian :: Hibernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish..
Planxty :: Planxty (n.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character..
Fading :: Fading (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song..
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..
Gairish :: Gairish (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.
Rapparee :: Rapparee (n.) A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary..
Brehon :: Brehon (n.) An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.
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..
Poteen :: Poteen (n.) Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry..
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..
Irishman :: Irishman (n.) A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.
Gadhelic :: Gadhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx..
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.
Gairishly :: Gairishly (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.
Brogue :: Brogue (v. t.) A dialectic pronunciation; esp. the Irish manner of pronouncing English.
Fairish :: Fairish (a.) Tolerably fair.
Goemin :: Goemin (n.) A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.
Ogham :: Ogham (n.) A particular kind of writing practiced by the ancient Irish, and found in inscriptions on stones, metals, etc..
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