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.) See Persian columns, under
Persian, a.
Per"sian (?), a. [From Persia: cf. It.
Persiano. Cf. Parsee, Peach, Persic.]
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.
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