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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 the five pillars of Islam
  • 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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