iron (iron as iern)

[Eng. iron; -y.] 1. Made or consisting of iron; containing iron. "The irony particles carried off."- Woodward: On Fos sils. 2. Resembling iron in any of its qualities or characteristics; as, an irony taste. I'-ron-ỹ, s. (Fr. ironie , from Lat. ironia , from Gr. eironeia =di imulation, irony, from eirōn =a di embler; properly the pr. par. of eiro to speak; Sp., Port., & Ital. ironia .] A mode of speech in which the meaning is contrary to the words. The intention is mildly to ridicule undue pretensions or absurd statements while nominally accepting them unquestionably. *ïr-ous, a . [Eng. ir(e); -ous .] Angry, wrathful. choleric, pa ionate. "An irous man, God send him litel might." Chaucer: C. Т., 7,597. *Irp, *îrpe, s . [Etym. doubtful.] A grimace; a contortion of the body. *Irp, adv . [IRP, 8.) With grimaces or contor tions. Ir-rā-di-ançe, ir-rā-di-an-çỹ, s. [Lat. ir radians , pr. par. of irradio =to irradiate (q. v.).] 1. The quality or state of being irradiant; the act of irradiating; emi ion of rays of light upon any object. 2. That which irradiates or renders irradiant; that which is irradiated. Ir-rā-di-ant, a. [Lat. irradians , pr. par. of irradio.] Emitting beams of light; irradiating. Ir-rā-di-āte, a. [Lat. irradiatus , pa. par. of irradio =to cast beams on: ir- = in- =on, upon, and radius = a ray.] Irradiated, illumined; made brilliant or bright. Ir-rā-di-āte, v . t . & i . [Fr. irradier ; Sp. irra diar; Ital. irradiare .] sin, aş; expect, Xenophon, exist. ph = f IMG:content-0051.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To decorate, to adorn. "No weeping orphan saw his father's store Our shrines irradiate , or imblaze the floor." Ir-rě-çěp-tive, a . [Pref. ir- =in- (2), and Eng. receptive (q. v.).] Not receptive; incapable of re- ceiving. Ir-re-claim-a-ble, a. [Pref. ir -in- (2), and Eng. reclaimable (q. v.).] 1. Incapable of being reclaimed; that cannot be reclaimed or recalled from error or vice; incapable of being reformed. "This unthankful, this irreclaimable people of Eng- land."- Sharp : Sermons, vol. ii., ser. 1. "O dark, dark, dark amid the blaze of noon; Irrecoverably dark." Milton: Samson Agonistes, 81. Ir-rě-cü'-per-a-ble, a . [Pref. ir- = in- (2), and Eng. recuperable (q. v.).] 1. Irrecoverable. IMG:content-0052.png:[blocks in formation] "Discord first, Daughter of Sin, among the irrational Death introduced." Milton: P. L., x. 708. -ly.] In an irreclaimable manner; so as not to ad- mit of reformation; obstinately. "Others irreclaimably persist in their rebellion."- Glanvill: Aerial State . 1. Incapable of being reconciled, appeased, or irredeemability. pacified; implacable. "To wage by force or guile eternal war Irreconcilable to our grand foe, 2. Incapable of being made to agree, accord, or harmonize; incongruous, inconsistent, in comp at i- ble. (Followed by with , and formerly also by to .) "The manifest and irreconcileable repugnancy of its doctrines."- Boyle : Works, iv. 190. B. As subst.: One who cannot be reconciled, appeased, or satisfied; spec if., a member of a leg is- lative a embly who will not work in harmony with his fellow-members. Ir-rec-on-çil-a-ble-ne , *Ir-rec-on-çile-a- ble-ne , s . [English irreconcilable ; -ne .] The quality or state of being irreconcilable; irreconcil ability. "That which long since I wrote, of the irreconcileable- ne of Rome." -Bishop Hall: The Reconciler. (To the Reader.) Ir-rec-on-çil-a-bly, adv . [English irreconcil- ab( le ); -ly .] In an irreconcilable manner; in a man ner not admitting of reconciliation. "The doctors differ infinitely and irreconcileably." Bp. Taylor: Di uasive from Popery , pt. i., § 6. Ir-rec-on-çile, v . t . [Pref. ir- = in- (2), and Eng. reconcile (q.v.).] To prevent or hinder from being reconciled. "As the object calls for our devotion, so it must needs irreconcile us to sin."- Bp . Taylor: Life of Christ, iii. 15. -rěc-on-çiled, a. [Pref. ir - in- (2), and Eng. reconciled (q. v.).] Not atoned for, not expiated. "If a servant die in many irreconciled iniqui- ties."- Shakesp .: Henry V. , iv. 1. Eng. reconcilement (q. v.).] Want of reconciliation; Ir-rec-on-çile-ment, s. [Pref. ir- in- (2), and irreconciliation. "Such an irreconcilement between God and Mammon." -Wake . Ir-rec-on-çil-1-ā-tion, s . [Pref. ir -in-(2), and Eng. reconciliation (q.v.).] Want of reconciliation, disagreement. Ir-re-cord-a-ble, a. [Pref. ir-in- (2), and Eng. recordable (q.v.).] That cannot be recorded; incapable of being recorded; not fit to be recorded. Ir-re-cover-a-ble, a. [Pref. ir-=in- (2), and Irredentists , the Austrian Government has still le ."- Saturday Review , Dec. 30, 1882, p. 845. province of Holland."-Sir W. Temple: Memoirs, 1672-9. *3. Incapable of being escaped from or avoided. "Till they fall into irrecoverable damnation."- Bp . Hall: Occasional Meditations , § 63. irrefragable 2379 irremoval gor =to oppose, to withstand: Sp. irrefragable ; Ital. irrefragabile.] Not refragable; incapable of being refuted or confuted; undeniable, incontestable, indubitable. "By these inscriptions of irrefragable and undeniable antiquity."-Evelyn: Sculptura. Ir-ref-ra-ga-ble-ne , s. [Eng. irrefragable ; -ne .] The quality or state of being irrefragable; incapable of being refuted; incontestability. Ir-ref-ra-ga-bly, adv . [Eng. irrefragab(le); -ly.] In an irrefragable manner; in a manner not admitting of being contested or refuted; with force or strength above refutation. "So dearly and irrefragably proved."-South: Sermons, vol. iv., ser. 6. Ir-rě-frăn-gl-ble, a. [Pref. ir-in- (2), and Eng. refrangible (q. v.).] Not refrangible; not to be broken or violated. Ir-re-füt-a-ble, ir-ref-u-ta-ble, a. [Pref. ir=in- (2), and Eng. refutable (q. v.).] Incapable of being refuted or disproved. "I can return to it a full and irrefutable answer."More: Antidote against Atheism . (Pref.) Ir-re-füt-a-bly, Ir-ref-u-ta-bly, adv . [Eng. irrefutab (le); -ly.] In an irrefutable manner; so as not to be refuted; irrefragably. Ir-re-gen-er-a-çỹ, s. [Pref. ir-= in- (2), and Eng. regeneracy (q.v.).] The quality or state of being irregenerate; irregeneracy. Ir-rě-gen-er-ā-tion, s . [Pref. ir - in- (2) Eng. regeneration (q. v.).] The quality or state of being regenerate; an irregenerate state. Ir-reg-u-lar, a. & s. [Lat. irregular is : ir-=in=not, and regular is =according to rule; regula =a rule; Fr. irrégulier ; Sp. irregular; Ital. irrego lare .] A. As adjective: I. Ordinary Language: 1. Not according to rule or common form; as, an irregular building. 2. Not according to established rules, principles, customs, or usage; as, irregular proceedings at a meeting. 3. Not according to the rules or principles of art; as, an irregular verse. 4. Not in conformity with the law; not strictly legal. "The Declaration of Right, an instrument which was indeed revolutionary and irregular." Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xi. 5. Not conformable to nature, or the usual course of natural laws; unusual. 6. Not in conformity with the laws of moral rectitude; immoral, vicious; as, an irregular life. 7. Not straight, not direct. 8. Not uniform; as, irregular motion. II. Technically : 1. Bot . ( of a corolla , .): Having its symmetry destroyed by some inequality of parts, as the corolla of the horse-chestnut, that of the violet, . 2. Geom.: Applied to a figure, whether plane or solid, whose sides as well as angles are not all equal and similar among themselves. 3. Gram.: Deviating from the common or regular form in respect to the inflectional terminations. 4. Music : Applied to a cadence which does not end upon the tonic chord. 5. Mil .: Undisciplined; not embodied according to regular form; as, irregular cavalry. 6. Nat . Science: Not symmetrical; not according to the typical form of the species, genus, order, ., to which it belongs. B. As subst.: One who does not conform to established rule; spec if., a soldier not under regular discipline. [A. II. 5. Crabb thus discriminates between irregular and disorderly : " Irregular , that is literally not regular , marks merely the absence of a good quality; disorderly , that is literally out of order, marks the presence of a positively bad quality. What is irregular may be so from the nature of the thing; what is disorderly is rendered so by some external circumstance. Things are planted irregularly for want of design; the best troops are apt to be dis orderly in a long march. Irregular and disorderly are taken in a moral as well as a natural sense.