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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$To scratch, \.it>j> ^Mf-k lacerate. To scratch violently. < ^ Scratch. > «** To (le- '(cJ» j}: ceive, outwit, delude. Outwit, try to ic ^ outwit; leave in the lurch. ' ■'• 1 To bo or allow one’s self to 1)0 outwitted. o J C: hbc ' .) V . . g <>c3o Deceit; treachery, unposture. truile. Impostor; deceitful; corrupt, ^\i: bad: defective (coin). c-C More crafty or cunning; most deceitful. Impostor, gi'oat cheat. Chamber; ^ closet, room. To serve; be a i« jc*. ^ ^ ^-i<> « servant; to minister (to another). To take or ask for a servant; ‘ . r * take into service, employ as a servant. * . ^ ^ 0 Service; official .^o 7- i»j(> i f - - duty; office; Avork; [gift of homage, present to a king or superior.] Servant. ^ To miscari’y ^ (camel), bring forth before the time. Thing imperfectly done; defect. Abortion or untimely birth (of a camel). Tobeorbecome\jj.> benumbed. '» < > '’t ^ To keep a girl coiitinually in seclusion. To remain, stay, ^ abide (in a place). To benumb; [drug with opium.] Curtain,veil; alcove, closet, lair; women s apartment; daiimess of night. Numbness; stupefaction. Darkness of night; dark place. Lair, lurking place (of a lion. Benumbed; dark and wet (night). Act of benumbing or calm- f. X4- ing pain. Anything causing numb- ness; soporific, anaesthetic. Girl kept ^ 5^ ^^3 * continually in seclusion.$