rattan

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309 FN#377] Everything being fair in love and war and dealing with a "Káfir," i.e. a non-Moslem FN#378] In text "Labbayka" = here am I: see vol. i. 226 FN#379] In text "'Úd Khayzarán" - wood of the rattan, which is orig. "Rota," from the Malay "Rotan."

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  1. noun Any of various climbing palms of the genera Calamus, Daemonorops, or Plectomia of tropical Asia, having long, tough, slender stems.
  2. noun The stems of any of these palms, used to make wickerwork, canes, and furniture.
  3. noun Work made of the stems of these palms.

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  1. Malay rōtan (perhaps from raut, to pare or trim for use).

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  1. Imitative; cf. French rataplan, imitation of the sound of a drum; cf. also rat-tat.
 

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