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hygeen, hajeen|hɪˈdʒiːn, həˈdʒiːn|
Also 6 hugiun, 8 hajan, etc., hyghgeen, 9 hadjeen, hejeen, hejin.
[Arab. hajīn dromedary, pronounced in Egypt hagīn (cf. Syriac hagīnā, huġānā, in the Talmud hōgnā). Ult. origin uncertain.]
A riding dromedary.
1600J. Pory tr. Leo's Geographical Hist. Afr. ix. 338 Of camels there are three kinds; whereof the first being called Hugiun [orig. quarum primi Hugiun nuncupati] are grosse, and of a tall stature. 1713Guardian No. 124 There has not been a Tyger, Leopard, Elephant or Hyghgeen, for some Years past, in this Nation, but I have taken their particular Dimensions. 1790J. Bruce Trav. IV. 332 If..there was danger, [he] should return..mount a hajan or dromedary, and [etc.]. 1803W. Wittman Trav. in Turkey 216 A smaller and more slender species of the camel, called hedgin, is mounted by the natives and others, and is capable of making a greater progress, on a journey, than a horse. 1830[see deloul]. 1864J. A. Grant Walk across Afr. 419 A ‘Hadjeen’, or riding camel, is indispensable to comfort. 1865W. G. Palgrave Narr. Journey through Arabia I. 325 The dromedary is the race-horse of his species, thin, elegant,..light of step, easy of pace,..though yet more often the dromedary enjoys his special title of ‘hejeen’ or ‘dolool’. 1875[see deloul]. 1890S. W. Baker Wild Beasts II. 374 As a general rule, the hygeens are not so powerfully proportioned as those which carry baggage. 1908Animal Managem. 276 The riding camel (..Hagheen, Egypt). |