Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of stool or reclining-chair of wood or stone, formerly made by the Indians of the West Indies, fashioned with great care and frequently decorated.
  • noun A wooden stool with goatskin back used by the jibaros of Porto Rico.

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