I*rish"ism (?), n. A mode of speaking peculiar to the Irish; an
Hibernicism.
I"rish*man (?), n.; pl. Irishmen (&?;). 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.
I"rish*ry (?), n. The Celtic people of Ireland. "The whole Irishry of
rebels." Milton.
||I*ri"tis (?), n. [NL. See Iris, and -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of
||the iris of the eye.
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Irk (rk), v. t. [OE. irken to tire, become tired; cf. Sw. yrka to urge,
enforce, press, or G. ekel disgust, MHG. erklich disgusting; perh. akin
to L. urgere to urge, E. urge.] To weary; to give pain; to annoy; --
used only impersonally at present.
To see this sight, it irks my very soul.
Shak.
It irketh him to be here.