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

Osiris :: Osiris (n.) One of the principal divinities of Egypt, the brother and husband of Isis. He was figured as a mummy wearing the royal cap of Upper Egypt, and was symbolized by the sacred bull, called Apis. Cf. Serapis..

Fleur-de-lis :: Fleur-de-lis (n.) A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France..

Iris :: Iris (n.) The goddess of the rainbow, and swift-footed messenger of the gods..

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

Vampirism :: Vampirism (n.) The actions of a vampire; the practice of bloodsucking.

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

Irishism :: Irishism (n.) A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.

Irises :: Irises (pl. ) of Iri.

Goemin :: Goemin (n.) A complex mixture of several substances extracted from Irish moss.

Rapparee :: Rapparee (n.) A wild Irish plunderer, esp. one of the 17th century; -- so called from his carrying a half-pike, called a rapary..

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..

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

Gadhelic :: Gadhelic (a.) Of or pertaining to that division of the Celtic languages, which includes the Irish, Gaelic, and Manx..

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

Planxty :: Planxty (n.) An Irish or Welsh melody for the harp, sometimes of a mournful character..

Bandle :: Bandle (n.) An Irish measure of two feet in length.

Iris :: Iris (n.) A genus of plants having showy flowers and bulbous or tuberous roots, of which the flower-de-luce (fleur-de-lis), orris, and other species of flag are examples. See Illust. of Flower-de-luce..

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

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

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