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1. Abib, n. View full entry 1531
...In the ancient Hebrew calendar: the first month of the ecclesiastical year and the seventh of the civil year, corresponding to the latter part of March and the early part of April....
2. achar, n. View full entry 1598
...In South Asian cookery: a type of pickle or relish made from fruit or vegetables preserved in spiced oil or vinegar....
3. afion, n. View full entry 1542
...Opium, esp. in a raw liquid form....
4. Algebar, n. View full entry 1556
...The star Rigel in the constellation Orion. Now rare....
5. almug, n. View full entry 1539
...More fully almug tree. A tree mentioned in the Bible (2 Chron. 2:8, 1 Kings 10:11), said to have been brought as timber from Ophir and used for building and...
6. Altair, n. View full entry 1594
...The star α Aquilae, a white star that is the brightest in the constellation Aquila and the twelfth brightest in the sky....
7. Amorite, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1535
...A member of any of a group of Semitic tribes who lived in Mesopotamia, Palestine, and Syria in the third and second millennia b.c., and who are described in Biblical...
8. Av, n. View full entry 1560
...In the Jewish calendar: the fifth month of the religious year and eleventh of the civil year, usually coinciding with parts of July and August. Also: the twelfth month of the Syrian...
9. baft, n. View full entry 1598
...A kind of coarse and cheap (generally cotton) fabric, originally of oriental manufacture, but now made in Great Britain for export, especially to Africa....
10. Bairam, n. View full entry 1599
...The name of two Muslim festivals—the Lesser Bairam, lasting three days, which follows the fast of Ramadan, and the Greater Bairam, seventy days later, lasting four days....
11. bazaar | bazar, n. View full entry 1588
...An Oriental market-place or permanent market, usually consisting of ranges of shops or stalls, where all kinds of merchandise are offered for sale....
12. ben, n.3 View full entry 1559
...The winged seed of the Horse-radish tree (Moringa pterygosperma); also called ben-nut....
13. cab, n.1 View full entry 1535
...A Hebrew dry measure, according to the Rabbins the sixth part of a seah; about 256 imperial pints....
14. cadi, n. View full entry 1590
...A civil judge among the Turks, Arabs, Persians, etc.; usually the judge of a town or village....
15. caffre, n. View full entry 1599
...A word meaning ‘infidel’, applied by the Arabs to all non-Muslims, and hence to particular tribes or nations. More accurately kafir....
16. cafila, n. View full entry 1598
...In the Middle East or India: a company of travellers, a caravan....
17. caravanserai | caravansera | caravansary, n. View full entry 1599
...A kind of inn in Eastern countries where caravans put up, being a large quadrangular building with a spacious court in the middle....
18. cichar, n. View full entry 1597
...A talent....
19. coffee, n. View full entry 1598
...A drink made by infusion or decoction from the seeds of a shrub (see 3), roasted and ground or (in the East) pounded; extensively used as a beverage, and acting...
20. dagesh | daghesh, n. View full entry 1591
...A point or dot placed within a Hebrew letter, denoting either that it is doubled (dagesh forte), or that it is not aspirated (dagesh lene)....
