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1. ankus, n. View full entry 1886
...In India, an elephant-goad. Also attrib....
2. douar | dowar, n. View full entry 1829
...A small encampment of Arab tents grouped in a circle round a central enclosure for the cattle....
3. fellah, n. View full entry 1743
...A peasant in Arabic-speaking countries; in English applied esp. to those of Egypt. Also fig....
4. gul, n. View full entry 1813
...The Persian word for ‘rose’; made familiar by Byron's use of the expression ‘gardens of gul’....
5. Histadrut, n. View full entry 1925
...An Israeli labour organization, the General Federation of Labour, founded in 1920 and having a large membership of industrial and agricultural workers....
6. Kaffir, n. and adj. View full entry 1785
...= caffre1, ‘infidel’, Giaour....
7. karez, n. View full entry 1875
...In Afghanistan and Baluchistan: = kanat...
8. † ˈkeiri, n. View full entry 1578
...The Wallflower, Cheiranthus Cheiri. ...
9. kharif, n. View full entry a1836
...In India, the autumn crop, sown at the beginning of the summer rains....
10. kibbutz, n. View full entry 1931
...A collective settlement in Israel, owned communally by its members, and organized on co-operative principles. Also attrib....
11. madrich, n. View full entry 1944
...Esp. in Israel or a Zionist youth movement: a guide, a supervisor; a group leader....
12. moshav, n. View full entry 1927
...In Israel: a village or settlement consisting of agricultural smallholdings worked partly on a cooperative and partly on an individual basis. Cf. kibbutz...
13. nahal, n. View full entry 1963
...A military youth organization in Israel, founded in 1950. Also: an agricultural settlement run by members of this organization. Freq. attrib....
14. pashm, n. View full entry 1843
...The soft underfur of Tibetan goats (of which cashmere represents a particularly fine type), often used as a material for garments, esp. shawls. Cf. pashmina...
15. pashmina, n. and adj. View full entry 1850
...A superior type of cashmere fabric made from pashm (or a blend of pashm and silk) and usually woven in South Asia. Also (occas.): the soft goat's hair from which this fabric...
16. rabi, n. View full entry 1783
...In South Asia: the spring season. Cf. kharif2....
17. raiyat, n. View full entry 1625
...In South Asia: a peasant, husbandman, or cultivating tenant....
18. Roman, n.1 and adj.1 View full entry eOE
...An inhabitant or native of ancient Rome; a citizen, soldier, etc., belonging to the ancient Roman Republic or Empire....
19. ˈshochet, n. View full entry 1889
...A Jewish slaughterer, a person officially certified as competent to kill cattle and poultry in the manner prescribed by Jewish law....
20. tibbin, n. View full entry 1900
...Hay or chopped straw....
