The path of Iris from heaven to earth and back again is the rainbow; so whenever you see a rainbow you may know that Iris is bringing a message down from Juno.
THE GOD OF SLEEP] Iris puts on her robe of many colors, and tinging the sky with her bow, seeks the cave near the Cimmerian country, which is the abode of the dull god, Somnus.
Juno sent Iris to him with a message inciting him to take advantage of the absence of AEneas and surprise the Trojan camp.
Then Iris hasted away from the drowsiness creeping over her, and returned by her bow as she had come.
Iris there with humid bow Waters the odorous banks, that blow Flowers of more mingled hue Than her purfled scarf can shew.
Brushing away the dreams that hovered around her, Iris lit up the cave and delivered her message to the god, who, scarce opening his eyes, had great difficulty in shaking himself free from himself.
The comparison with the glory of Jupiter and Juno is suggested by the splendid iris hues of the birds.
The eyes were of marble, and probably painted to represent the iris and pupil.
Bidding her prevail on Achilles to restore the body of Hector to the Trojans, he sent Iris to encourage Priam to beg of Achilles the body of his son.
Iris delivered her message, and Priam prepared to obey.
The iris is dark, the glance is piercing and wild.
Fere points out that in chromatic iris asymmetry the iris (coloured part of the eye) is most coloured on the side most affected by arrest of development.
The iris is sometimes completely absent on one or both sides.
For that reason Iris and I shall permit you and your husband to go free, providing you promise to lead a straight life from this day on.
Iris and I have been talking it over," she said to the group after luncheon was over, "and it seems to us that Etta should be sent to a special home for cripples.
Iris did not begin at once but sat for some minutes gazing away.
Azalea andIris are probably asleep by this time," she thought.
Azalea and Iris ate very little, making the girls feel somewhat guilty concerning their own hearty appetites.
The tension was somewhat relieved when Iris asked Kitty if she could sing or play the piano.
Ronald is coming back tomorrow," Iris said presently, speaking to Doris.
The lens may be extruded through the wound, and the iris prolapsed.
Stand III can be had with iris diaphragm fitted in stage, in place of the wheel diaphragm (see page 43) Additional price =$6.
The whole sub-stage may be raised or lowered in the optical axis by means of a rack and pinion, and a similar arrangement permits lateral illumination by moving the iris diaphragm in the horizontal plane.
In the lower power objectives the angular aperture is to be reduced by the iris diaphragm.
A round glassplate is set in the stage, below which is an iris diaphragm to properly regulate the illumination.
A ring below the iris diaphragm permits the insertion of glass discs for the purpose of modifying the light.
Ground glass and colored plates may be inserted above the iris diaphragm.
The small illuminating apparatus consists of a somewhat smaller condenser with iris diaphragm and can be adjusted to the Stand IV, when it has the cylinder diaphragm.
It is supplied with large Abbe condenser and Irisdiaphragm adjustable by side screw.
This yellow iris flowers in many streams about London, and the water-parsnip's pale green foliage waves at the very bottom, for it will grow with the current right over it as well as at the side.
The yellow iris is much more local, and in many country streams may be sought for in vain, so that so fine a display as may be seen here seemed almost a discovery to me.
The withey plantation here is full of flowers in summer; yellow iris flowers in June when midsummer comes, for the irisloves a thunder-shower.
At midsummer the plantation was aglow with iris bloom.
It is a most arbitrary and unreasonable supposition of Meissner's that Shakespeare borrowed his wedding masque from the one performed at Prince Henry's christening, in which also Juno, Ceres, and Iris appear.
Note: The name is also given to the several-leaved involucre of the iris and other similar plants.
Defn: An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to either of the genera Iris and Acorus.
Defn: The posterior pigmented layer of the iris; -- sometimes applied to the wholeiris together with the choroid coat.
Defn: A disease of the eye, in which the iris adheres to the cornea or to the capsule of the crystalline lens.
Defn: A light color of the iris in horses; wall-eye.
Defn: An adjustable diaphragm, suggesting the iris of the eye in its action, for regulating the aperture of a lens, consisting of a number of thin pieces fastened to a ring.
Defn: The act or process of cutting out a portion of the iris in order to form an artificial pupil.
By means of the straight irisforceps and sharp-pointed scissors a semilunar conjunctival flap is first raised over the site for the scleral incision.
If the knife-point become entangled in the iris as it is passed across the anterior chamber it should be slightly withdrawn, if this can be done without loss of aqueous, the iris being thereby disengaged.
The iris forceps are inserted closed into the anterior chamber, opened, and made to grasp the iris near the periphery (Fig.
Iris forceps are inserted and the flap of iris and capsule is withdrawn and as much of it removed as possible.
The object of the operation is to cut a V-shaped flap in the iris and underlying capsule, folding the flap backwards on its base so as to form a triangular opening in the iris membrane to serve as a pupil.
There is an absence of bleeding at the second operation, which makes it easier, and there is less liability for the iris to become adherent to the capsule.
Showing the method of withdrawing the band of iris and capsule with a Tyrrell’s hook.
Method of removing the iris to produce a small coloboma.
The iris is of a pink colour, and this circumstance, added to the constant winking that the weakness of the organ occasions, gives them a distressing appearance.
In this species of vision theiris is habitually dilated, and not easily stimulated into contraction.
If the iris be weak and torpid, it is enlarged; if strong and contracted, diminished.
In the feline genus we observe that the iris can be contracted much closer than in mankind, when exposed to a vivid glare; but they also expand to a much greater degree when obscurity sets in.
The effect upon the irisof the eye would be very much the same whether the attacks of diphtheria had been suppressed by antitoxin or by the old-time drug treatment.
The signs in the iris also indicate an atonic, relaxed and prolapsed condition of stomach, bowels and other abdominal organs.
Because the iris of the eye revealed "psora" as the cause of the suspicious eruption which reappeared several times later in life, and because the servant girl was afterwards absolutely exonerated by competent physicians.
But Nature's records in the iris of the eye settle the question for good and for ever.
In the iris of the eye the atrophied condition of the skin is indicated by a heavy, dark rim, the so-called scurf rim.
So far, diagnosticians from the eye have not discovered any sign in the iris for it.
The iris of the eye contains an immense number of minute nerve filaments, which through the optic nerves, the optic brain centers and the spinal cord are connected with and receive impressions from every nerve in the body.
In the irisof the eye, the effect of the antitoxin on the system shows as a darkening of the color.
It is perhaps a more apparent than real contradiction of this rule that, until Iris was three parts finished, Sir Arthur Pinero intended the play to end with the throttling of Iris by Maldonado.
To perfect his psychological study, he was bound to bridge the chasm between the Iris of the third act and the Iris of the fourth.
The character of Iris is admirably true, so far as it goes; but it is incomplete.
There was in her character precisely that grit which Iris lacked; and we wanted to know what it would do for her.
The actual end is tantamount to a murder, though Iris is not actually killed.
It came as they watched a motor party go off, supplying themselves with a box of small cakes for the children after trying to buy from Miss Foster the jar of wild iris that stood in state on the table in the hall.
Iris tumours, either simple or malignant, are of rare occurrence.
Often an eye bears permanent traces of a perforation in adhesion of the iris to the back of a corneal scar or in changes in the lens capsule (capsular cataract).
A frequent result of a severe blow on the eye is a separation of a portion of the iris from its peripheral attachment (iridodialysis).
In these cases, as well as in all cases of plastic iritis which have not been properly treated, serious consequences to sight are apt to follow from the binding down of the iris to the lens capsule and the occlusion of the pupil by exudation.
The iris in some bony fishes (Teleostei) is not contractile.
No local treatment is called for except the shading of the eyes and in most cases the use of a mydriatic to prevent synechiae when the iris is involved.
The iris usually has a circular pupil, but in some ungulates and kangaroos it is a transverse slit.
The muscle fibres of the iris are described as circular and radiating, though it is still uncertain whether the latter are really muscular rather than elastic.
This comes either from the iris or the ciliary processes, and may be blood, pus or fibrin.
According to the nature and severity of the exudation there may be deposits formed on the back of the cornea, attachments between the iris and lens capsule (synechiae), or even gelatinous-looking coagulations or pus in the anterior chamber.
The operation is urgently called for where the condition of iris bombans exists.
Iris happened to be passing the door and looked in, anxiously, for signs of damage.
As the entertainment progressed, Lynn's admiration of Iris increased.
Iris found a stone jar for the apple blossoms and brought them in.
On the floor," said Iris reminiscently, "she has a gold jar which contains cat tails and grasses.
She knew that the note was brief because Iris did not dare to trust herself to write more.
First, Iris decided not to read the letter when it came--to return it unopened.
Scarcely knowing what she did, Iris crouched on the floor at the end of the chest, trusting to the kindly shadows to screen her if the door should open.
Almost in the first of the hurt, when it seemed the hardest to bear, he had wondered whether it could be any worse if Iris were dead.
I'RIDAL, IRID'IAN, exhibiting the colours of the iris or rainbow: prismatic.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "iris" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
