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1. abnet, n. View full entry 1602
...Jewish Hist. A girdle made of fine linen, used esp. by Jewish priests....
2. Aldebaran, n. View full entry a1393
...A red giant star, the brightest in the constellation Taurus. Also called alpha Tauri....
3. aleph, n. View full entry c1300
...The name of the first letter of the Hebrew, Phoenician, and other north Semitic alphabets, in printed square Hebrew having the form א. Cf. alif, alpha...
4. Algebar, n. View full entry 1556
...The star Rigel in the constellation Orion. Now rare....
5. 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....
6. ambatch, n. View full entry 1864
...A leguminous tree or shrub, Æschynomene elaphroxylon, of tropical Africa, with very light spongy wood; also called pith-tree....
7. argan, n. View full entry 1809
...An evergreen tree (family Sapotaceæ), found in Morocco, furnishing a very hard, heavy wood, and an oil from its seeds....
8. argel, n. View full entry 1803
...The leaves of the African asclepiadaceous plant Solenostemma argel, formerly used to adulterate senna; also, the plant itself....
9. ariel, n.2 View full entry 1832
...A species or variety of the Gazelle found in Western Asia and Africa....
10. Aten, n. View full entry 1877
...One of the names of the sun in ancient Egypt; the name by which the sun or solar disc was worshipped particularly during the reign of Amenophis IV (Akhnaten) in the 14th...
11. athanor, n. View full entry 1471
...A digesting furnace used by the alchemists, in which a constant heat was maintained by means of a tower which provided a self-feeding supply of charcoal. Also fig....
12. ˈazoth, n. View full entry 1477
...The alchemists' name for mercury, as the essential first principle of all metals....
13. behemoth, n. View full entry a1382
...An animal mentioned in the book of Job; probably the hippopotamus; but also used in modern literature as a general expression for one of the largest and strongest animals. Cf. leviathan...
14. bejel, n. View full entry 1928
...(See quot. 1961.)...
15. ben, n.3 View full entry 1559
...The winged seed of the Horse-radish tree (Moringa pterygosperma); also called ben-nut....
16. bulbul, n. View full entry 1784
...A bird: a species of the genus Pycnonotus, belonging to the Thrush family, much admired in the East for its song; hence sometimes called the ‘nightingale’ of the East....
17. † cardimelech, n. View full entry 1684
...‘A supposed active principle in the heart, superintending what are now called the vital functions’ (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon)....
18. chenar, n. View full entry 1638
...The Persian name of the Oriental Plane-tree; also, timber from this....
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. cuscus, n.2 View full entry 1810
...The long fibrous aromatic root of an Indian grass, Andropogon muricatus, used for making fans, screens, ornamental baskets, etc. Hence cuscus-grass, cuscus-root....
