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Blarney(encyclopedia)
blarney(dictionary)
Blarney Stone(dictionary)
Blarney Castle(tourism)
Blarney Island(tourism)

edelweiss (iou) and blarney (iou)


edelweiss (iou)



edelweiss noun. Pl. same. M19.
[German, from edel noble + weiss white.]
A plant of the composite family, Leontopodium alpinum, of the Alps and Other European mountains, bearing small heads surrounded by conspicuous white woolly bracts spreading like a star.

blarney (iou)



blarney noun & verb. ['bl¨»:ni] L18.
[Blarney, a village and castle near Cork in the Republic of Ireland, with a stone said to confer a cajoling tongue on whoever kisses it.]
A. noun. Smoothly flattering or cajoling talk; nonsense. L18.
b. verb.
verb intrans. Use blarney. E19.
verb trans. Subject to blarney. M19.