The neighboring nations have often and fiercely contested for the sovereignty of Malta, until its soil has been Irrigated by the life-tide of human beings.
"The Story of Malta"
Maturin M. Ballou
These two meet at the top of the mead, and then, forming a junction, make a deep, swift stream, flowing beside a series of water-meadows-broad, level, and open, like a plain-which are Irrigated from it.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies
A small jack like this will sometimes go out into the Irrigated meadows, following the water-carriers for a long distance.
"Wild Life in a Southern County"
Richard Jefferies