Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See jereed, jerrid.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A blunt javelin used in military games in Moslem countries.
- noun A game played with it.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Alternative form of
jereed .
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Examples
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It is, that the life and efficacy of Art depends on the personality of the artist, which "has informed, transpierced, thridded, and so thrown fast the facts else free, as right through ring and ring runs the djereed and binds the loose, one bar without a break."
An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry Hiram Corson 1869
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a fellow to show off his horse, would ride _a la djereed_, and instead of flinging a dart, would fire his pistols.
Servia, Youngest Member of the European Family or, A Residence in Belgrade and Travels in the Highlands and Woodlands of the Interior, during the years 1843 and 1844. Andrew Archibald Paton 1842
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