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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$To coneeal one’s ^ self; sit behind a curtain; be veiled entirely or put out of sight. To make one a door-keeper or chamberlain. Partition; veil; • • 0 • V cm-tam; amulet. Diaphragm. \-XL\ Chamberlain, door-keeper; attendant. Eye-brow, (the couraged. Peelings, bits, particles removed, skin (of dates, wheat) dregs, sediment. To go or betake it one’s self to (especially in pil¬ grimage to Mecca). To get the better of in an & argument or in a lawsuit. To dispute, argue, demon- strate. To plead one’s case. To argue against, litigate against one another. To proffer as a proof, C * reason, or pretext; defend one’s self by... Pilgiamage to Mecca (or to Jerusalem). V' . •* \ bones or the hair on them.) Edge of anything. ^ To prevent, refuse admission or use of a thing, forbid. To be turned into ' stone, petrify; harden. To make an enclosure .aS*-! or stable for one’s use, lay down a landmark. To take refuge in. ^ J’- Hindrance, prohibition; defence; bosom. Unlawful, forbidden, bosom. Stone. g Infernal stone, nitrate ] of silver.] Proof, argument; g 5.,? demonstration; title, deed, legal papers; pretext, excuse, sub¬ terfuge. s s Pilgrim, (sp. to '^V' Mecca). Middle of the road, high- road, beaten track. Dispute; pleading in 5»\.s£ favour of one. To cover, veil; shut off, enclose; separate by stepping between.$