Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A wooden javelin about five feet long, used by horsemen in Persia and Turkey in certain games, especially in mock fights.
- noun A game in which this javelin is used.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A blunt javelin used by the people of the Levant, especially in mock fights.
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- noun A
blunt javelin used by the people of theLevant , especially inmock fights .
Etymologies
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Examples
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When the diachylon Arab saw the American Arab, he straightway galloped his steed towards him, took his pipe, which he delivered at his adversary in guise of a jereed, and galloped round and round, and in and out, and there and back again, as in a play of war.
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Shaikh Ayan and Hadj 'Othman, of the quarantine, amusing themselves with jereed-playing and other mimic manoeuvres of warfare, which they performed very cleverly.
Byeways in Palestine James Finn
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_Abdsalam_, prince, departs for Tafilelt, through Draha and Bled el jereed, 149.
An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa Abd Salam Shabeeny
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Then they galloped by in squadrons, tossing far the light jereed;
The Bon Gaultier Ballads Theodore Martin 1862
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They seemed unable to ride quietly along the road, some rushing forward to throw the jereed, others to play at ky kaj.
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A horseman holds poised in his hand a thick stick, four feet in length; he rushes at full speed, and dashes the point on the ground so as to cause it to rebound high in the air, and catches it, if he can, that is to say, before it reaches the earth, though I must confess I never saw a single jereed player, succeed in this feat.
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A thorough horseman ought to pick up his fallen jereed without leaving the saddle; but the success of this, like the other exploit, seems to be traditional.
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Others among our cortège played at the jereed for our amusement.
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The Arabian horse will not plough well, nor can the plough-horse be rode to play the jereed.
Summer on the Lakes, in 1843 Margaret Fuller 1830
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The Arabian horse will not plough well, nor can the plough-horse be rode to play the jereed.
At Home And Abroad Or, Things And Thoughts In America and Europe Margaret Fuller 1830
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