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A written decision of a Turkish mufti on some point of law. Whitworth.

Same as Fulahs.

, Foo"lahs` (, n. pl.; sing. Fulah, Foolan (. (Ethnol.) A peculiar African race of uncertain origin, but distinct from the negro tribes, inhabiting an extensive region of Western Soudan. Their color is brown or yellowish bronze. They are Mohammedans. Called also Fellatahs, Foulahs, and Fellani. Fulah is also used adjec…

Zinc spinel; automolite.

A small coin and weight; 1-20th of a shekel.

Bread made of unbolted wheat flour. [U. S.] Bartlett.

One who follows the dietetic system of Graham. [U. S.]

See Ganja.

Same as Ha.

Praise ye Jehovah; praise ye the Lord; -- an exclamation used chiefly in songs of praise or thanksgiving to God, and as an expression of gratitude or adoration. Rev. xix. 1 (Rev. Ver. ) So sung they, and the empyrean rung With Hallelujahs. Milton. In those days, as St. Jerome tells us,"any one as he walked in the field…

The Jewish Feast of the Dedication, instituted by Judas Maccabæus, his brothers, and the whole congregation of Israel, in 165 b. c., to commemorate the dedication of the new altar set up at the purification of the temple of Jerusalem to replace the altar which had been polluted by Antiochus Epiphanes (1 Maccabees i. 58…

One of the lessons from the Nebiim (or Prophets) read in the Jewish synagogue on Sabbaths, feast days, fasts, and the ninth of Ab, at the end of the service, after the parashoth, or lessons from the Law. Such a practice is evidenced in Luke iv.17 and Acts xiii.15.

A solid figure with seven sides.

In the form of a hexahedron; having six sides or faces.

A solid body of six sides or faces. Regular hexahedron, a hexagon having six equal squares for its sides; a cube.

A term of six days. Good.

A solid having forty-eight equal triangular faces.

A pipe with a long, flexible stem, so arranged that the smoke is cooled by being made to pass through water.

See Howdah.

covered, fastened on the back of an elephant, for the rider or riders. [Written also houdah.]