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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Persian

Per′sian (pẽr′shan), a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. Parsee, Peach, Persic.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language.

Persian berry, the fruit of Rhamnus infectorius, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. — Persian cat. (Zoöl.) Same as Angora cat, under Angora. — Persian columns (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; — called also Persians. See Atlantes. — Persian drill (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. — Persian fire (Med.), malignant pustule. — Persian powder. See Insect powder, under Insect. — Persian red. See Indian red (a), under Indian. — Persian wheel, a noria; a tympanum. See Noria.

Per′sian, n. 1. A native or inhabitant of Persia.

2. The language spoken in Persia.

3. A thin silk fabric, used formerly for linings. Beck.

4. pl. (Arch.) See Persian columns, under Persian, a.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty. Of the others, 1,362 (a word or a single letter each) were inferred by AI from the context by the dictionary’s own rules and are marked with a wavy underline (tap or point at one to see the note); the rest, which could not be inferred with confidence, are left as “?”.