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Irish

Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland.

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Country 76% connected

A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region o…

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Erse 76% connected

A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; -- called, by the Highlanders, Gaelic.

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Gaelic 76% connected

Of or pertaining to the Gael, esp. to the Celtic Highlanders of Scotland; as, the Gaelic language.

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Land 76% connected

Urine. See Lant.

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Nation 76% connected

A part, or division, of the people of the earth, distinguished from the rest by common descent, language, or institutions; a race; a stock.

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Whiskey 76% connected

Same as Whisky, a liquor.

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Whisky 76% connected

A light carriage built for rapid motion; -- called also tim-whiskey.

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Poteen 76% connected

Whisky; especially, whisky illicitly distilled by the Irish peasantry.

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