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adjective

Egyptian adj. Pertaining to Egypt, in Africa.

Egyptian bean. (Bot.)

(a)

The beanlike fruit of an aquatic plant (Nelumbium speciosum), somewhat resembling the water lily.

(b)

See under Bean, 1.

Egyptian thorn (Bot.), a medium-sized tree (Acacia vera). It is one of the chief sources of the best gum arabic.

noun

Egyptian n.

A native, or one of the people, of Egypt; also, the Egyptian language.

A gypsy. (Obs.)

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Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Egyptian" Quotes from Famous Books

... together. How true is this of Crabbe: "Men sit in Parliament eighty-three hours per week, debating about many things. Men sit in Downing Street, doing protocols, Syrian treaties, Greek questions, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Egyptian and AEthiopian questions; dexterously writing despatches, and having the honor to be. Not a question of them is at all pressing in comparison with the English question. Pacifico the miraculous Gibraltar Jew has been hustled by some populace in Greece:—upon him let the ...

— Latter-Day Pamphlets • Thomas Carlyle

... own defeat. He was then shut up and besieged in Laodicea, where he was entirely cut off from the land, to be sure (Cassius being assisted by some Parthians among others), but retained some power through the Asiatic ships and the Egyptian ones which Cleopatra had sent him, and furthermore by means of the money which came to him from her. So he carried on marauding expeditions until Staius got together a fleet, and sailing into the harbor of Laodicea vanquished the ships that moved ...

— Dio's Rome, Vol. III • Cassius Dio

... appeare: These strong Egyptian Fetters I must breake, Or loose my selfe in dotage. Enter another Messenger ...

— The First Folio [35 Plays] • William Shakespeare

... Egyptian musical culture impressed itself on the Greeks, and also on the Israelites, whose tone-language gained warmth and coloring from various Oriental sources. Hebrew scriptures abound in tributes to the worth of music which was intimately related to ...

— For Every Music Lover - A Series of Practical Essays on Music • Aubertine Woodward Moore

... entitled "The Albert N'yanza Great Basin of the Nile," published in 1866, has given an account of the equatorial lake system from which the Egyptian river derives its source. It has been determined by the joint explorations of Speke, Grant, and myself, that the rainfall of the equatorial districts supplies two vast lakes, the Victoria and the Albert, of sufficient volume to support the Nile ...

— The Nile Tributaries of Abyssinia • Samuel W. Baker

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