toothstick

The chew stick, or chewing stick or toothstick, was a piece of twig.

June 26, 1498 | clusterflock 2009

Al – Ahnaf, ‘Part thy hair and trim thy moustachio and pare thy nails and pluck thine armpits and shave thy pubes268 and ever use the toothstick because therein be two and seventy virtues, and make the Ghusl or complete ablution on Friday, as an expiation for all between the Fridays.’ —

The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

He dressed simply, but very cleanly, and, like Abdulla, spent public hours with toothpick and toothstick.

Seven Pillars of Wisdom Thomas Edward 2003

(Amomum granum Paradisi), fresh or old, is not only a toothstick, but a fetish of superior power when carried on journeys.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

Having performed the greater ablution, and used the toothstick as directed, and dressed ourselves in white clothes, which the

Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah 2003

Quoth Ahnaf, 'Part thy hair and trim thy moustache and clip thy nails and pluck out the hair of thine armpits and shave thy pubes and be constant in the use of the toothstick, for therein are two-and-seventy virtues, and make the Friday

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume II Anonymous 1879

[FN#40] Siwaka, a toothstick, (acc.) means also "other than thee."

The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume III Anonymous 1879

Quoth Al-Ahnaf, 'Part thy hair and trim thy moustachio and pare thy nails and pluck thine armpits and shave thy pubes [FN#268] and ever use the toothstick because therein be two and seventy virtues, and make the Ghusl or complete ablution on Friday, as an expiation for all between the Fridays.'

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

Kays replied to Al-Mu'awiyah's [FN#269] question, 'And ever use the toothstick, because therein be two end seventy virtues and make the complete Friday ablution as an expiation for all between the two Fridays.'

Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

(Amomum granum Paradisi), fresh or old, is not only a toothstick, but a fetish of superior power when carried on journeys.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 Richard Francis Burton 1855