To "ire"
Barbara Need
nee1 at MIDWAY.UCHICAGO.EDU
Tue Nov 28 22:32:30 UTC 2006
I do a lot of crossword puzzles and they often have a clue that
results in IRE that looks like this use. I can't think of one off the
top my head, but something like "rile", with three spaces. I ofetn
want to put in IRK, but that darn <K> doesn't fit!
Barbara
Barbara Need
UChicago
>Fox News Channel has just referred to the Pope's September speech
>"which ired many Muslims."
>
> OED offers just one cite, from ca 1420. Pretty prescient, if you ask me.
>
> JL
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