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cellor. -- Lord lieutenant, a representative of British royalty: the lord lieutenant of Ireland being the representative of royalty there, and exercising supreme administrative authority; the lord lieutenant of a county being a deputy to manage its military concerns, and also to nominate to the chancellor the justices…

Members of a congregation of nuns founded by Mrs. Mary Teresa Ball, near Dublin, Ireland, in 1822, and now spread over Ireland, India, Canada, and the United States. The nuns are called also Ladies of Loreto. They are engaged in teaching girls.

A loch or lake; -- so spelt in Ireland.

hing aimed at; what one seeks to hit or reach. France was a fairer mark to shoot at than Ireland. Davies. Whate'er the motive, pleasure is the mark. Young.

wo parties; a broker; a go-between; any dealer between the producer and the consumer; in Ireland, one who takes land of the proprietors in large tracts, and then rents it out in small portions to the peasantry.

Descended from King Milesius of Spain, whose two sons are said to have conquered Ireland about 1300 b. c.; or pertaining to the descendants of King Milesius; hence, Irish.

lly Maguires (-gwirz). (a) A member of a secret association formed among the tenantry in Ireland about 1843, principally for the purpose of intimidating law officers and preventing the service of legal writs. Its members disguised themselves in the dress of women. (b) A member of a similar association of Irishmen organ…

In Ireland, one of a band that engaged in agrarian outrages by night.

To support; to maintain. Whiles I in Ireland nourish a mighty band. Shak.

In no manner or degree; not at all; nowise. But Ireland will noways allow that name unto it. Fuller.

One of a secret society, organized in the north of Ireland in 1795, the professed objects of which are the defense of the regning sovereign of Great Britain, the support of the Protestant religion, the maintenance of the laws of the kingdom, etc.; -- so called in honor of William, Prince of Orange, who became William I…

] rifled ordnance. E. Ererett. Ordnance survey, the official survey of Great Britain and Ireland, conducted by the ordnance department.

d by subglacial waters. The osar are similar to the kames of Scotland and the eschars of Ireland. See Eschar.

East men; Danish settlers in Ireland, formerly so called. Lyttelton.

glish pale (Hist.), the limits or territory within which alone the English conquerors of Ireland held dominion for a long period after their invasion of the country in 1172. Spencer.

The assembly of the three estates of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz., the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and the representatives of the commons, sitting in the House of Lords and the House of Commons, constituting the legislature, when summoned by the royal authority to consult on the affairs of…

e of the adherents of Charles Stewart Parnell (1846-91) in his advocacy of home rule for Ireland.

ace to place, without molestation, by land or by water. Caution in granting passports to Ireland. Clarendon.

A lake whitefish (Coregonus pollan), native of Ireland. In appearance it resembles a herring.

lly for women's dresses. Irish poplin, a fabric with silk warp and worsted weft, made in Ireland.