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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. aimag, n. View full entry 1729
...Among Mongol and Turkic peoples: a tribe, a clan. Also: an area associated with such a tribe. Now hist....
3. akoya, n. View full entry 1727
...Any of several small marine oysters of the genus Pinctada, esp. P. fucata, cultivated in Japan, China, and elsewhere for the production of cultured pearl. Also: a pearl...
4. argali, n. View full entry 1784
...The wild or rock sheep of Asia....
5. Arnaut, n. (and adj.) View full entry 1717
...An Albanian, spec. one serving in the Turkish army. Also as adj....
6. baba, n.1 View full entry 1759
...A spiritual leader or minister of religion of a Sufi (esp. Bektashi) order, spec. the head of a tekke. Also as a title or form of address....
7. benish, n. View full entry 1797
...An outer garment of cloth with very full sleeves....
8. beylic | beylik, n. View full entry 1744
...The dominion or jurisdiction of a bey....
9. bing, n.2 View full entry 1702
...A kind of tea....
10. bohea, adj. and n. View full entry 1702
...Of the Wu-i hills, whence black tea was first brought to England; applied also to tea of similar quality grown elsewhere....
11. calpac | calpack, n. View full entry 1718
...A felt cap of triangular form, worn by Turkīs, Tartars, etc.; also an oriental cap generally....
12. chin chin, n. View full entry 1795
...A phrase of salutation. Also used as a drinking toast....
13. congou, n. View full entry 1725
...A kind of black tea imported from China....
14. dziggetai | dzhiggetai, n. View full entry 1793
...A species of equine quadruped native to central Asia, Equus hemionus. It approaches the mule in appearance....
15. feng-shui, n. View full entry 1797
...In Chinese mythology, a system of spirit influences, good and evil, which inhabit the natural features of landscapes; hence, a kind of geomancy for dealing with these influences in determining sites for...
16. feridgi, n. View full entry 1717
...(See quots.)...
17. ginkgo, n. View full entry 1773
...The maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba) native to China and Japan and cultivated elsewhere, with wedge-shaped leaves and yellow flowers, the only living species of the order Ginkgoales which...
18. † ˈGormogon, n. View full entry 1725
...A member of a society imitating the Freemasons, founded early in the 18th c....
19. hinoki, n. View full entry 1727
...A large conifer, Chamæcyparis obtusa, native to Japan, or the timber obtained from it....
20. hong, n. View full entry 1726
...In China, a series of rooms or buildings used as a warehouse, factory, etc.; spec.one of the foreign factories formerly maintained at Canton;the corporation of Chinese merchants at Canton...
