Part 6065

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Her.)</fld> <def>See <er>Fleur-de-lis</er>, 2.</def>

<h1>Irisated</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"ris*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Iris</er>.]</ety> <def>Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent.</def>

<i>W. Phillips.</i>

<h1>Iriscope</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"ri*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Iris</ets> + -<ets>scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>A philosophical toy for exhibiting the prismatic tints by means of thin films.</def>

<h1>Irised</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"rised</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Iris</er>.]</ety> <def>Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.</def>

<i>Holmes.</i>

<h1>Irish</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"rish</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets><?/risc</ets>, fr. <ets><?/ras</ets> the Irish. Cf. <er>Aryan</er>, <er>Erse</er>.]</ety> <def>Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.</def>

<cs><col>Irish elk</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Elk</er>.</cd> -- <col>Irish moss</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <cd>Carrageen</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A preparation of the same made into a blanc mange.</cd> -- <col>Irish poplin</col>. <cd>See <er>Poplin</er>.</cd> -- <col>Irish potato</col>, <cd>the ordinary white potato, so called because it is a favorite article of food in Ireland.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Irish reef</col>, &or; <col>Irishman's reef</col></mcol> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>the head of a sail tied up.</cd> -- <col>Irish stew</col>, <cd>meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces and stewed.</cd></cs>

<h1>Irish</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I*rish"</hw>, <tt>n. sing. & pl.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>An old game resembling backgammon.</def>

<h1>Irishism</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I*rish"*ism</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an Hibernicism.</def>

<h1>Irishman</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"rish*man</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Irishmen</plw> <tt>(<?/)</tt>.</plu> <def>A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian.</def>

<cs><col>Irishman's hurricane</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a dead calm.</cd> -- <col>Irishman's reef</col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See <cref>Irish reef</cref>, under <er>Irish</er>, <tt>a.</tt></cd></cs>

<h1>Irishry</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I"rish*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The Celtic people of Ireland.</def> "The whole <i>Irishry</i> of rebels."

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Iritis</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>I*ri"tis</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[NL. See <er>Iris</er>, and <er>-itis</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>An inflammation of the iris of the eye.</def>

<h1>Irk</h1> <Xpage=788>

<hw>Irk</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>irken</ets> to tire, become tired; cf. Sw. <ets>yrka</ets> to urge, enforce, press, or G. <ets>ekel</ets> disgust, MHG. <ets>erklich</ets> disgusting; perh. akin to L. <ets>urgere</ets> to urge, E. <ets>urge</ets>.]</ety> <def>To weary; to give pain; to annoy; -- used only impersonally at present.</def>