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

Flag :: Flag (n.) An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus..

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..

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

Equitant :: Equitant (a.) Overlapping each other; -- said of leaves whose bases are folded so as to overlap and bestride the leaves within or above them, as in the iris..

Kafir :: Kafir (n.) One of a race inhabiting Kafiristan in Central Asia.

Nipper :: Nipper (n.) A satirist.

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..

Sunburned :: Sunbow (n.) A rainbow; an iris.

Megaceros :: Megaceros (n.) The Irish elk.

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

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..

Voltairism :: Voltairism (n.) The theories or practice of Voltaire.

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..

Swaddling :: Swaddler (n.) A term of contempt for an Irish Methodist.

Paddy :: Paddy (n.) A jocose or contemptuous name for an Irishman.

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

Gladiate :: Gladiate (a.) Sword-shaped; resembling a sword in form, as the leaf of the iris, or of the gladiolus..

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..

Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) Belief in the existence of vampires.

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