10 March 2017

Erse

[urs]

noun

1. Gaelic, especially Scots Gaelic.
adjective
2. of or relating to Gaelic, especially Scots Gaelic.

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Examples from the Web for Erse

Historical Examples

A northern or Erse word to express a rock broken from a cliff, as the holm in Orkney and Shetland.
The Sailor’s Word-Book
William Henry Smyth

In the Manx and Erse, signifies a rock that can be seen before low-water.
The Sailor’s Word-Book
William Henry Smyth

Some word was cried to him in the Erse, he answered, for a moment he appeared to be going to stop.
The Wild Geese
Stanley John Weyman

Anagram

seer

Today’s quote

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction.

– Jonathan Swift

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