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A man born in Ireland or of the Irish race; an Hibernian. Irishman's hurricane (Naut.), a dead calm. -- Irishman's reef. (Naut.) See Irish reef, under Irish, a.

The Celtic people of Ireland. "The whole Irishry of rebels." Milton.

The most popular of the Hindoo divinities, usually held to be the eighth incarnation of the god Vishnu.

Eager; craving; urged by desire; eager to taste or enjoy; greedy. "The lickerish palate of the glutton." Bp. Hall.

See Lickerish. [Obs.] Shak.

Growing in marshes. "Marish flowers." Tennyson.

Having the characteristics of a moor or heath. "Moorish fens." Thomson.

and promotes health; to furnish with nutriment. He planteth an ash, and the rain doth nourish it. Is. xliv. 14.

Capable of being nourished; as, the nourishable parts of the body. Grew.

One who, or that which, nourishes. Milton.

Promoting growth; nutritious,

Nutritively; cherishingly.

The act of nourishing, or the state of being nourished; nutrition.

A parish lying without the walls of, or in a remote part of, a town. Graunt.

To make excessive display or flourish of. Collier.

Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial; as, a parish church; parish records; a parish priest; maintained by the parish; as, parish poor. Dryden. Parish clerk. (a) The clerk or recording officer of a parish. (b) A layman who leads in the responses and otherwise assists in the service of the Church of England. -- Paris…

A parishioner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Of or pertaining to a parish; parochial. [R.] Bp. Hall.

One who belongs to, or is connected with, a parish.

to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away. I perish with hunger! Luke xv. 17. Grow up and perish, as the summer fly. Milton. The thoughts of a soul that perish in thinking. Locke.