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  • Abd-el-Kader, without losing the serenity of the marabout, argued with the Kabyles, and succeeded in obtaining their reverence and adhesion; but when he mounted his horse to go the amins significantly told him to come among them always as a simple pilgrim, demanding hospitality and white kouskoussu.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Various

  • There are four amins (or sheikhs) in Kalaa, to one of whom we bear a letter of introduction.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Various

  • When the amins give permission the chains which restrain the mechanism are taken off, and the conduits are opened by means of iron handles operating on small valves of the same metal.

    Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Various

  • To assist their fidelity, the spring is effectually closed except when all other sources have peremptorily failed, in the united opinion of three amins (Kabyle sheikhs).

    Lippincott's Magazine, Volume 11, No. 26, May, 1873 Various

  • The compound, or compounds, known as "caffetannic acid" are probably the source of catechol, as the proteins are of ammonia, amins, and pyrrols.

    All About Coffee 1909

  • He considers the roasting of coffee as a destructive distillation process, summarizing the results, briefly, as the production of furfuraldehyde from the carbohydrates, acrolein from the fats, catechol and pyrogallol from the tannins, and ammonia, amins, and pyrrols from the proteins.

    All About Coffee 1909

  • You know the indols, the phenols, and the amins are produced both by putrefactive bacteria and by the process of metabolism, the burning up of the tissues in the process of utilizing the energy that means life.

    The War Terror 1908

  • Monitors witnessed amins / aqels testifying that clearly underage voters were of-age to register, and in some instances observed amins / aqels accepting payment in exchange for their testimony.

    Armies of Liberation 2009

  • "You have come as a pilgrim," said their amins, "and we have fed you with kouskoussu.

    Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 27, June, 1873 Various

  • But under normal circumstances, the amins are not present in the blood in any such quantities as I have discovered by this new method of diffusion. "

    The War Terror 1908

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