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Webster 1913 Edition

(ẽrs)

Noun.

[A modification of

Irish

, OE.

Irishe

A name sometimes given to that dialect of the Celtic which is spoken in the Highlands of Scotland; – called, by the Highlanders,

Gaelic

Adj.

Of or pertaining to the Celtic race in the Highlands of Scotland, or to their language.

Noun.

The language of the descendants of the Gaels or Celts, in the highlands of Scotland.