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[Dixonary] Rnd 3095 - KHADDAR -- The Defs
There are a total of 12 definitions for KHADDAR. Please vote for two, by public reply to this message, before deadline, which is 8:00 AM EDT on Wednesday, August 12, 2020, or 5:00 AM PDT .
1. the path around the ka'ha in Mecca, traversed by Muslim pilgrims during a hajj, corresponding to the path around God's throne followed by the angels. 2. [now Obs] a timber stockade where newly caught wild elephants were initially trained. [see 'Toomai of the Elephants' in Jungle Book by R Kipling] 3. a coarse homespun cloth made in India. 4. (Arab.) A pungent condiment consisting of fish or prawns which have been left to rot and then salted and dried. 5. a plant related to turmeric with an aromatic rhizome from which can be made substances for medicine, perfumery and dyeing. 6. a senior officer in the pre-revolutionary Persian army. 7. a packing to prevent percolation of water down the bore hole of an Artesian well, consisting of a bag encircling the tubing and filled with flax seed, which swells when wet and fills the space between the tubing and the sides of the hole. 8. [Arab] a mare. 9. fermented goat milk. 10. an Islamic religious school. 11. an elementary school for Jewish children, teaching basic Judaism and Hebrew. 12. a defensive entrance arrangement to a fort in South Asia, consisting of a steep uphill zigzag road with usually seven strongly-built gatehouses at intervals. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Dixonary" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dixonary+unsubscribe (AT) googlegroups (DOT) com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/di...od.outlook.com. |
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