Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Scand. myth., one of the three Fates, the Norn of the past.
- noun In India, the most highly prized of all the pulses of the genus Phaseolus, a variety of P. Mungo, largely cultivated in all parts of India. It is a valued article of Hindu medicine, and as food is eaten in the form of bread, boiled whole, parched, or as spice-balls. Same as
mash .
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- noun goddess of fate: a giantess who personified the past
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Examples
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But the subcontinent also had its own species, the most important of which are the Asiatic Vigna species or as they are known in India ‘grams’: mung beans (V. radiata or green gram), urd beans (V. mungo or black gram) as well as moth beans (V. aconitifolia), and rice beans (V. umbellata).
Archive 2009-04-01 Laurie Constantino 2009
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But the subcontinent also had its own species, the most important of which are the Asiatic Vigna species or as they are known in India ‘grams’: mung beans (V. radiata or green gram), urd beans (V. mungo or black gram) as well as moth beans (V. aconitifolia), and rice beans (V. umbellata).
Beans: A History and My Legume Love Affair Ninth Helping Round-Up Laurie Constantino 2009
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July 24, 2009 at 8:28 am ohai, mai pieohneer dai iz gud, ai dint goe daown tew teh beeg puh-rayd coz iz nawt mai fing, an iz gittin HAWT allreddee! aifink wii goes tew a moobee diz affturnuun! ai haz a ty-urd aftur awl taht mowntin krossink!
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There are serious issues facing Leda, despite the efforts made by Islamic Relief which have been rated ++ by Francois Grunewald from Groupe URD (French acronym for Emergency Rehabilitation Development, a French not for profit Research and Evaluation Institute -- www. urd.org) who visited the camps during a mission for the European Humanitarian office DG ECHO.
Heidi Kingstone: The Worst Refugee Situation in the World 2009
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Clockwise from back row: mint chutney, galangal powder, sumac, frozen onion parathas, coconut biscuits, roasted and seasoned chick peas and urd lentils.
Calgary Spiceland Sara 2007
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Clockwise from back row: mint chutney, galangal powder, sumac, frozen onion parathas, coconut biscuits, roasted and seasoned chick peas and urd lentils.
Archive 2007-03-01 Sara 2007
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So let us get this stright-exley is a %urd-it eats $hit with a grin. and will be given ever lasting life by jeebus.
Think Progress » O’Reilly’s Plan For Iraq: Stop Being ‘This Crazy Country’ 2006
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Also called black gram; differs from mung bean in that urd beans have erect pods, longer hairs and longer seeds; more drought resistant than mung beans.
28 additional technical notes about tropical agriculture 1996
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In the corresponding scene of the first Quartos we have the words ‘Hark van urd in your ear,’ and the meaning of the text may have been obscured by some omission in the Folio.
The Merry Wives of Windsor The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [9 vols.] William Shakespeare 1590
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We have a population that will follow any ole t. urd that produces a smell without knowing where they are being lead, and this population has lost more hope and more ambition than at anytime in my 50 years of living.
yarb commented on the word urd
I love the CD's characteristically laconic "same as mash" and freaky "spice-balls".
July 1, 2014