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   Iraqi dinar
         n 1: the basic unit of money in Iraq; equal to 1,000 fils [syn:
               {Iraqi dinar}, {dinar}]

English Dictionary: irrigate by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
iris diaphragm
n
  1. diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening
    Synonym(s): iris, iris diaphragm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Iris tingitana
n
  1. bulbous Spanish iris having blue flowers [syn: {Dutch iris}, Iris tingitana]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Irish terrier
n
  1. medium-sized breed with a wiry brown coat; developed in Ireland
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Irish water spaniel
n
  1. breed of large spaniels developed in Ireland having a heavy coat of liver-colored curls and a topknot of long curls and a nearly hairless tail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irrigate
v
  1. supply with water, as with channels or ditches or streams; "Water the fields"
    Synonym(s): water, irrigate
  2. supply with a constant flow or sprinkling of some liquid, for the purpose of cooling, cleansing, or disinfecting; "irrigate the wound"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irrigation
n
  1. supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc
  2. (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irrigation ditch
n
  1. a ditch to supply dry land with water artificially
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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irised \I"rised\, a. [See {Iris}.]
      Having colors like those of the rainbow; iridescent.
      --Holmes.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   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.

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]:
   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.
     
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