Category:Persian

Per"sian, a. Etym: [from persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. Parsee, peach, Persic.]

Defn: of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language. Persian berry, the fruit of rhamnus infectorius, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond. -- Persian cat. (zoöl.) Same as angora cat, under angora. -- Persian columns (arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also Persians. See atlantes. -- Persian drill (mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder. -- Persian fire (med.), malignant pustule. -- Persian powder. See insect powder, under insect. -- Persian red. See Indian red (a), under Indian. -- Persian wheel, a noria; a tympanum. See noria.

Persian Per"sian, n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Persia.

2. The language spoken in Persia.

3. A thin silk fabric, used formerly for linings. Beck.

4. pl. (arch.)

Defn: see Persian columns, under Persian, a.