[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.

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