Arabic-English dictionary / William Thomson Wortabet, with the collaboration of John Wortabet and Harvey Porter.

William Thomson Wortabet

Date:: 1888

Credit: Arabic-English dictionary / William Thomson Wortabet, with the collaboration of John Wortabet and Harvey Porter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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$•sA . >> V. i ;; < cr- To make one’s share small, or mean and contemptible. -i r cri:?’' » A Lettuce. Vile, mean, [miserly!. Low exti’action or })osition; vileness; meanness; [avarice.] To lose, suffer damage; be cheated; lose one’s Avay, go astray. To cause a loss to, damage; destroy, cause to perish. To cause loss to one; to lose; falsify the weight, make de¬ fective. '>1 . \ (j' Loss, dam¬ age. One who has suf- fered a loss, or damage; loser (in business^. To sink, .. 3^ disappear, vanish. Be eclipsed (usually the moon). To cause the earth a, to SAvallow:'one uf), sink Avith one: (God). To be eclipsed (moon). • • • • ^ ® Diminution, deficiency; abasement. Source or place where water exists. Eclipse (of the moon). Treasury, store-room for objects of value. Treasure; ^ i**>“j cupboard, magazine; barn; closet. Library. Armoury. J^W V.v Treasurer; cashier. ^ Oj'^ Magazine, store; depot To subdue, dom- ^* inate; tame ; rule. To fall into mis- \,°yy ijy^ * ery or disgrace, be despised, abject, vile. To be a- shamed, blush. To abase, afflict; bring into \ misery and disgrace, put to shame. Shame, disgrace. i. jy Affliction; trial; cause of dis- grace, abasement. Ashamed, \j\ji abashed. Base, abject. Abased; rendered vile, abject. ^ [The Devil]. To be A,«»^ ^ mean, ignoble, low-minded. [Be avaricious, miserly.] 5 *V.> f iV>$