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Shir — -j.jJ:^ — milk, the milky juice of a plant. 



Shir-ag — milk-herb. 



Shir-gid — ^^^^j-tt-^ — shir-gid — ^■i^j'-y-^ — finy [milk- 

 herb]. 



Shir-go — a species of Euphorbia. 



Shlr-khisht — fcl^>i,-Lj.jA<ii — [hardened milk], the manna 

 yielded by Cotoneaster nummularia. 



Shlra — 2$^j^ — ^juice of fruit, syrup, treacle ; the 

 milky juice of the Poppy, Papaver somniferum. 



Shira-ghl — syrup made from grape juice. 



Shirri-tut — [Mul1)erry-syrup] ; the infusion made 

 from dried mulberries. 



Shirin — (jj-J^j^i — sweet, pleasant, gentle. 



Shish a — i>^^jjL — glass. 



Shogle — Herati for a Porcupine, Hystrix species. 



Shorn, sham — *l^ — Arabic, black, a black spot. 



Shor — 2;^^ — saline, brackish ; the name of a Salsola. 



Shora — nj^^ — salt-petre, a salt marsh, saline ; the 

 name applied to Su^eda fruticosa and 

 Salsola fcetida. 



Shora-gaz — y^t^y^ — or gaz-shora — Tamarix 



TETRAGYNA. 



Shora-kalml — ^♦Xi's^^xi — shore-halmi, Crystalline 



Saltpetre. 

 Shorag — Salsola fcetida and Su.^da fruticosa. 

 Shd7x — iSjyi — the plants Haloxylon Ammodendron, 



and Salsola fcetida. 

 Shot — the nuts of Pistacia Terebinthus, var. 



MUTIOA, are employed in lieu of small shot, l)y 



local sportsmen. 

 Shovel — a spade-like shovel, with an extremely 



long handle of willow wood, is called h'd. Any 



agricultural instrument, as an axe, a shovel, a 



spade, is tahar. 

 ShughCd — charcoal. 

 Shusha — *^^>i — .sA ^ishad — cs^l^^ — diips^ rul )1 >isli. 



