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Coir

noun
1.
Stiff coarse fiber from the outer husk of a coconut.





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"Coir" Quotes from Famous Books



... other side write Vajahata; make an image out of the bud; indite particulars of the horoscope copy from beginning to end the Surat al-Rahman (the Compassionating, No. xlviii.);, tie the image in five places with coir left-hand-twisted (i.e. widdershins or 'against the sun'); cut the throat of a blood-sucker (lizard); smear its blood on the image; place it in a loft, dry it for three days, then take it and enter the sea. If you go in knee deep the woman will send you ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 6 • Richard F. Burton
... MacCairill (LU 166) calls the Tuatha Dea, "dee ocus andee," and gives the meaning as "poets and husbandmen." This phrase, with the same meaning, is used in "Coir Anmann" (IT iii. 355), but there we find that it occurred in a pagan formula of blessing—"The blessing of gods and not-gods be on thee." But the writer goes on to say—"These were their gods, the magicians, and their non-gods, the husbandmen." This may refer to the position of priest-kings ...
— The Religion of the Ancient Celts • J. A. MacCulloch


Words linked to "Coir" :   fibre, fiber


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