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† karabe Obs.|ˈkɑːrabeɪ|
[= F., It., Pg. carabé (also F., Pg. karabé), ad. Arab. kahrubā, a. Pers. kāhrubā ‘attracting straws,’ amber, f. kāh straw + rubā carrying off.]
Yellow amber. karabe of Sodom, bitumen.
1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde ii. vi. (1634) 126 Karabe, otherwise named Amber. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Amber, Succinum, or Karabe. 1794Sullivan View Nat. II. 105 The Karabe of Sodom..is black, not very weighty and solid. 1799G. Smith Laboratory II. 443 Take one ounce of the whitest Karabe (Amber).
Hence kaˈrabic a., in karabic acid = succinic acid (Syd. Soc. Lex. 1887). |