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• Iris

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• Iris

  Īris idis (acc.Īrim, V., voc.Īri, O.), f , Ἶρις, the goddess of the rainbow, messenger of the gods,...

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• Iris

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• ears

  To be by the ears. A familiar and very old phrase, denoting to quarrel or fight. It alludes to the p...

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• ears

  the handles, particularly of a jug, or pit- cher. York, and Derb. North. ...

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• ears

  In artillery the lugs or ear-shaped rings fashioned on the larger bombs or mortar-shells for their c...

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• Iris diaphragm

  ·add. ·- An adjustable diaphragm, suggesting the iris of the eye in its action, for regulating the a...

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• Minories' Ears

  On the eastern boundary of .Portsoken Ward (Strype, ed. 1720, 1. ii. 26). Not named in the maps. ...

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• over head and ears

  Completely overwhelmed. 'He sank over head and ears in the river;' 'He was over head and ears in deb...

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• ears of a boat

  The knee-pieces at the fore-part on the outside at the height of the gunwale. ...

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• ears of a pump

  The support of the bolt for the handle or break. ...

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