Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An Austrian unit of weight, formerly used in England for quicksilver.
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- noun Islam
fasting ; one of thefive pillars ofIslam - noun In ecology, a herbaceous border found at the edge of a woodland patch. It is usually found below and farther out from the woodland than the woody shrub mantel and the tree canopy. (See R.T.T.Forman and Michel Godron. Landscape Ecology. 1986. pp. 108-109.)
Etymologies
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Arabic صوم (ṣawm, "fasting").
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Examples
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With a ring ding dong, they raise clasped hands and advance more steps to retire to the saum.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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Mashalla very fascinating pictuters makes us want to have Ramadhan next month, Allhamdullilah Allahu Akbar im a muslim My Allah accept our saum and duas, Amen
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Aflkmabit sane Bolgenius, tum quia ex eorum verbis probat saum amorem eoncupiscentis, tunr quia majorem cbaritatem nemo babett fuam Sit atmiuM luam fonat quit pro atmcU suis.
Tractatus theologicus de charitate, in quo expenditur systema J.V. Bolgenj de amore Dei. Accedit ... Joseph Chantre Herrera, Giovanni Vincenzo Bolgeni 1792
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