In the land of the lion and sun, or, modern Persia

by C. J. Wills

Dubbeh (dabbah).—A repented and repudiated bargain.

Dyah (dāya).—A wet nurse.

Fal (fāl).—A lot, an omen (sortes), pronounced fahl.

Farnoose (fānūs).—A cylindrical lantern.

Farrash, Ferash (farāsh).—A carpet-spreader.

Farrash (ferash)-Bashi.—Lit. chief carpet-spreader.

Farsakh.—A distance of from three and a half to four miles, the hour’s march of a loaded mule, the parasang of Xenophon.

Farsh.—A carpet of any kind.

Fellak, Fellek (fallak).—A pole having a noose attached to hold the feet for the application of “the sticks” (or bastinado).