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oric would be in the same ludicrous predicament as Van Troil's chapter on the snakes of Iceland, which delivers its business in one summary sentence, announcing, that snakes in Iceland -- there are none. De Quincey.

ing 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.

service; morning prayers or songs. The winged choristers began To chirp their matins. Cleveland.

A high tableland; a plateau on a hill. [Southwestern U.S.] Bartlett.

o 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.

ly 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 organi…

Formed into, or consisting of, monosyllables. Cleveland.

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

A genus of parrots with gray heads. of New Zeland and papua, allied to the cockatoos. See Kaka.

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.

or writer; an originator. [R.] Men who are bad at copying, yet are good originals. C. G. Leland.

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.

lish 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.

Belonging to a region of the earth's surface which includes all Europe to the Azores, Iceland, and all temperate Asia.

ining to, or resembling, a natural order of plants (Papaveraceæ) of which the poppy, the celandine, and the bloodroot are well-known examples.