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1. goshen, n. View full entry 1625
...Used allusively for: A place of plenty or of light....
2. Ishmael, n. View full entry 1899
...Proper name of the son of Abraham by Hagar; hence, allusively: An outcast; one ‘whose hand is against every man, and every man's hand against him’ (Gen. xvi. 12), one at war...
3. koh-i-noor, n. View full entry 1850
...An Indian diamond, famous for its size and history, which became one of the British Crown jewels on the annexation of the Punjaub in 1849; hence, allusively, any...
4. mene mene tekel upharsin, n. and phr. View full entry 1694
...An instance of the writing of ‘mene mene tekel upharsin’; (allusively) a sign or warning of impending disaster, an obscure omen. Cf. the writing on the wallwriting6...
5. Merkavah, n. View full entry 1668
...The throne or throne-chariot of God described in the vision of Ezekiel (Ezekiel 1:26). Hence used allusively to denote mystical beliefs or writings based on the vision of Ezekiel (in quot. ...
6. Mesopotamia, n. View full entry 1827
...Used as the type of a word which is long, pleasant-sounding, and incomprehensible (see quot. 1870). Hence used allusively of any speech which gives irrational or inexplicable comfort...
7. Selah, n. View full entry 1530
...A Hebrew word, occurring frequently at the end of a verse in the Psalter and thrice in Hab. iii, by the LXX rendered διάψαλμα; supposed to be a musical or...
8. Zamzummim, n. View full entry 1530
...A name of ‘a people great, and many, and tall, as the Anakims’ (Deut. ii. 21); used allusively or fig....
