Irish

·noun ·sg & ·pl An old game resembling backgammon.

II. Irish ·adj Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.

III. Irish ·noun ·sg & ·pl The language of the Irish; the Hiberno-Celtic.

IV. Irish ·noun ·sg & ·pl The natives or inhabitants of Ireland, ·esp. the Celtic natives or their descendants.

Irish American
·add. ·- A native of Ireland who has become an American citizen; also, a child or descendant of such...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Irish Court
Out of Glasshouse Yard, Goodman's Yard, Minories (Lockie, 1810-Elmes, 1831). Not named in the maps....

A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
irish apricots
Potatoes. It is a common joke against the Irish vessels, to say they are loaded with fruit and timbe...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
irish beauty
A woman with two black eyes. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
irish evidence
A false witness. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
irish legs
Thick legs, jocularly styled the Irish arms. It is said of the Irish women, that they have a dispens...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
irish toyles
Thieves who carry about pins, laces, and other pedlars wares, and under the pretence of offering the...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
irish horse
Old salt beef: hence the sailor's address to his salt beef "Salt horse, salt horse, what brought y...

The Sailor's Word-Book
irish pennants
Rope-yarns hanging about on the rigging. Loose reef-points or gaskets flying about, or fag-ends of r...

The Sailor's Word-Book