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Irish stew definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: meat (especially mutton) stewed with potatoes and onions

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1800 a stew having as its principal ingredients meat (as lamb), potatoes, and onions in a thick gravy

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Irish I"rish, a. [AS. ?risc, fr. ?ras the Irish. Cf. Aryan, Erse.] Of or pertaining to Ireland or to its inhabitants; produced in Ireland. Irish elk. (Zo["o]l.) See under Elk. Irish moss. (a) (Bot.) Carrageen. (b) A preparation of the same made into a blanc mange. Irish poplin. See Poplin. Irish potato, the ordinary white potato, so called because it is a favorite article of food in Ireland. Irish reef, or Irishman's reef (Naut.), the head of a sail tied up. Irish stew, meat, potatoes, and onions, cut in small pieces and stewed.