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Of some irriguous valley spread her store,

—The Astronomy of Milton's 'Paradise Lost'

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Watered; watery; moist. Like Gideon's fleece, irriguous with a dew from heaven, when much of the vicinage is dry. Jer. Taylor, Works (ed. 1835), I. 610. With ale irriguous, undismay'd I hear The frequent dun ascend my lofty dome Importunate. Warton, Oxford Ale, p. 127.
Of such a nature as to irrigate; affording irrigation. Rash Elpenor, who in evil hour Dry'd an immeasurable bowl, and thought To exhale his surfeit by irriguous sleep. J. Philips, Cider, ii. [Obsolete or archaic in both uses.]

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Of some irriguous valley spread her store, — Paradise Lost
High o'er irriguous vales and woods and towns, — Fair Italy, the Riviera and Monte Carlo Comprising a Tour Through North and South Italy and Sicily with a Short Account of Malta
In yon irriguous vale, the Blackbird clear, — Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace
Amid the wild wood, and irriguous dell, — Original sonnets on various subjects; and odes paraphrased from Horace
Gates, a bridge -- the Thames irriguous; — Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)

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= Italian irriguo, from Latin irriguus, inriguus, supplied with water, from in, in, upon, + riguus, watered, from rigare, water; cf. irrigate.

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