English Dictionary: irrigate | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irestone \Ire"stone`\, n. (Mining) Any very hard rock. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Iris diaphragm \I"ris di"a*phragm\ An adjustable diaphragm, suggesting the iris of the eye in its action, for regulating the aperture of a lens, consisting of a number of thin pieces fastened to a ring. It is used in cameras and microscopes. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irisated \I"ris*a`ted\, a. [See {Iris}.] Exhibiting the prismatic colors; irised; iridescent. --W. Phillips. | |
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Irised \I"rised\, a. [See {Iris}.] Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent. --Holmes. | |
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Touchstone \Touch"stone`\, n. 1. (Min.) Lydian stone; basanite; -- so called because used to test the purity of gold and silver by the streak which is left upon the stone when it is rubbed by the metal. See {Basanite}. 2. Fig.: Any test or criterion by which the qualities of a thing are tried. --Hooker. The foregoing doctrine affords us also a touchstone for the trial of spirits. --South. {Irish touchstone} (Min.), basalt, the stone which composes the Giant's Causeway. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irrigate \Ir"ri*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Irrigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Irrigating}.] [L. irrigatus, p. p. of irrigare to irrigate: ir- in + rigare to water; prob. akin to E. rain. See {Rain}.] 1. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew. 2. (Agric.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels. | |
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Irrigate \Ir"ri*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Irrigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Irrigating}.] [L. irrigatus, p. p. of irrigare to irrigate: ir- in + rigare to water; prob. akin to E. rain. See {Rain}.] 1. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew. 2. (Agric.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irrigate \Ir"ri*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Irrigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Irrigating}.] [L. irrigatus, p. p. of irrigare to irrigate: ir- in + rigare to water; prob. akin to E. rain. See {Rain}.] 1. To water; to wet; to moisten with running or dropping water; to bedew. 2. (Agric.) To water, as land, by causing a stream to flow upon, over, or through it, as in artificial channels. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irrigation \Ir`ri*ga"tion\, n. [L. irrigatio: cf. F. irrigation.] The act or process of irrigating, or the state of being irrigated; especially, the operation of causing water to flow over lands, for nourishing plants. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Irrugate \Ir"ru*gate\, v. t. [L. irrugatus, p. p. of irrugare to wrinkle.] To wrinkle. [Obs.] | |
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]: | |
Irrigation As streams were few in Palestine, water was generally stored up in winter in reservoirs, and distributed through gardens in numerous rills, which could easily be turned or diverted by the foot (Deut. 11:10). For purposes of irrigation, water was raised from streams or pools by water-wheels, or by a shaduf, commonly used on the banks of the Nile to the present day. |