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‖ jerid, jereed, n.|dʒəˈriːd|
Forms: 7 tzirid, 8 jarrit, 9 dsjerid, djer(r)id, djereed, jerreed, jerrid, jareed, 8– jerid, 9 jereed.
[Arab. jarīd midrib of the palm-leaf, rod, shaft, javelin.]
A wooden javelin, about five feet long, used in games by Persian, Turkish, and Arabian horsemen. Also, A game in which this is used.
1662J. Davies Olearius' Voy. Ambass. vi. 297 They also often Exercise themselves at the Tzirid, or Javelin. 1775R. Chandler Trav. Asia M. (1825) I. 233 Galloping from all sides,..throwing at each other the jarrit or blunted dart. 1799W. G. Browne Trav. Africa, etc. xi. 152 Here they shoot at a mark, and throw the jerid. 1811Scott Don Roderick xxv, The Moor his jerrid flings. 1813Byron Giaour ix, Swift as the hurl'd on high jereed. 1819T. Hope Anastasius (1820) I. xi. 214 Flinging the djereed. 1853Layard Nineveh & Babylon xi. 245 They played the Jerid with their long spears, galloping to and fro on their well-trained mares.
Hence † jeˈrid (gereed, gerede) v. intr., to throw the jerid.
1698Fryer Acc. E. India & P. 110 Tilting and Gereeding, that is, Casting of Darts. Ibid. 397 Here they Gerede, or cast Darts. |