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Nonpareil :: Nonpareil (a.) A beautifully colored finch (Passerina ciris), native of the Southern United States. The male has the head and neck deep blue, rump and under parts bright red, back and wings golden green, and the tail bluish purple. Called also painted finch..

Biddy :: Biddy (n.) An Irish serving woman or girl.

Irishry :: Irishry (n.) The Celtic people of Ireland.

Fading :: Fading (n.) An Irish dance; also, the burden of a song..

Iris :: Iris (n.) The contractile membrane perforated by the pupil, and forming the colored portion of the eye. See Eye..

Irisated :: Irisated (a.) Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent.

Milesian :: Milesian (a.) Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish..

Hibernian :: Hibernian (a.) Of or pertaining to Hibernia, now Ireland; Irish..

Isis :: Isis (n.) The principal goddess worshiped by the Egyptians. She was regarded as the mother of Horus, and the sister and wife of Osiris. The Egyptians adored her as the goddess of fecundity, and as the great benefactress of their country, who instructed their ancestors in the art of agriculture..

Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.

Iridian :: Iridian (a.) Of or pertaining to the iris or rainbow.

Whally :: Whally (a.) Having the iris of light color; -- said of horses.

Gairish :: Gairish (n.) Alt. of Gairish/nes.

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..

Pupil :: Pupil (n.) The aperture in the iris; the sight, apple, or black of the eye. See the Note under Eye, and Iris..

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..

Wall-eye :: Wall-eye (n.) An eye in which the iris is of a very light gray or whitish color; -- said usually of horses.

Brehon :: Brehon (n.) An ancient Irish or Scotch judge.

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

Girder :: Girder (n.) One who girds; a satirist.

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