irk
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Irk, to become slothful, grow weary, tire, 2709.
From Lancelot of the Laik A Scottish Metrical Romance by Skeat, Walter W. (Walter William)
At the bottom flows, or rather stagnates, the Irk, a narrow, coal-black, foul-smelling stream, full of débris and refuse, which it deposits on the shallower right bank.
From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence
The New Town, known also as Irish Town, stretches up a hill of clay, beyond the Old Town, between the Irk and St. George’s Road.
From The Condition of the Working-Class in England in 1844 with a Preface written in 1892 by Kelley, Florence
Irk not thyself while I am gone, my sister.”
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Madison, Lucy Foster
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
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