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Þ þ (thorn)
Ð ð (eth)
Ʒ ʒ (yogh)
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Īrish
n.
25 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) The Irish people; Irish soldiers or army;
wilde Irish
; (b) the Irish language; (c) ?Irish linen; (d) as surname [some examples may be OF
irais
, wrathful, bad-tempered].
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lavei
adj.
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?Noisy; ?unruly.
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timpan
n.
13 quotations in 1 sense
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(a) A drum, tambourine, or similar percussive instrument; also
fig.
; (b) some kind of stringed instrument, perh. an Irish harp; (c) as surname.
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