irk
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Irk not thyself while I am gone, my sister.”
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
It is situated in the neighbourhood of four rivers, viz., the Irwell, Medlock, Irk, and Tib.
From The Towns of Roman Britain by Bevan, James Oliver
Near Shuhada is Jabal Warkan, one of the mountains of Paradise, also called Irk al-Zabyat, or Thread of the Winding Torrent.
From Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
The newly-built extension of the Leeds railway, which crosses the Irk here, has swept away some of these courts and lanes, laying others completely open to view.
From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence
Irk, to become slothful, grow weary, tire, 2709.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
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