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1. adzuki, n. View full entry 1727
...More fully adzuki bean. The dark red edible bean of the leguminous plant Vigna angularis, a bushy annual cultivated in China and Japan; such beans collectively (now ...
2. afion, n. View full entry 1542
...Opium, esp. in a raw liquid form....
3. Cossack, n. View full entry 1587
...Name of a warlike Turkish people now subject to Russia, occupying the parts north of the Black Sea. From them the Poles organized a body of light horsemen, in which capacity they...
4. fez, n. View full entry 1802-3
...A skull-cap formerly of wool, now of felt, of a dull crimson colour, in the form of a truncated cone, ornamented with a long black tassel; formerly the national head-dress of the...
5. gaydiang, n. View full entry 1855
...A two- or three-masted Vietnamese coaster or fishing boat....
6. Islam, n. View full entry 1613
...A Muslim. Now arch. and rare....
7. juku, n. View full entry 1931
...(in Japan) an educational system based on a European and U.S. model of progressive education, which works within the framework of private schools and provides a variety of practical and vocational skills...
8. Miaotse, n. and adj. View full entry 1810
...= Miao1....
9. † moc-main, n. View full entry 1857
...A silky elastic fibre derived from the seed pods of the Indian silk-cotton tree, Bombax ceiba; (also) the tree itself....
10. Moi, n. and adj. View full entry a1825
...A member of an aboriginal people inhabiting the highlands of southern Vietnam; = Montagnard2a....
11. † mokum, n. View full entry 1889
...An alloy used in decorative metalwork to create a woodgrain pattern. Cf. mokume...
12. † Mussulmanlik, n. View full entry 1625
...Islam; the religion of Muslims....
13. Nippon, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1614
...gen. Designating people or things originating from or associated with Japan. rare before 20th cent....
14. Nipponian, adj. View full entry 1909
...= Nipponese...
15. oopack, n. View full entry 1855
...A variety of black China tea....
16. pashalik, n. and adj. View full entry 1668
...The jurisdiction of a pasha; the area governed by a pasha. Cf. pashadom...
17. † petwood, n. View full entry 1866
...A tree of the Indo-Malaysian genus Berrya (family Tiliaceae), prob. B. mollis or B. cordifolia (the source of Trincomalee wood)....
18. pic, n.1 View full entry 1584
...A unit of length used in parts of the eastern Mediterranean and the Middle East (principally in measuring cloth), varying between about 46 and 76 cm (approx. 18 to 30 inches)....
19. pika, n.1 View full entry 1827
...Any of various small rabbit-like mammals constituting the genus Ochotona and family Ochotonidae (order Lagomorpha), having short, rounded ears, reddish-brown or grey fur, and a very...
20. polo, n.1 View full entry 1872
...A team game resembling hockey, played on horseback with long-handled mallets and a wooden or plastic ball....