[9] Pastes for soup and pilaf.
[10] Molasses made from grapes.
[11] Preserves made with molasses from fresh or dried fruits.
[12] Starch made from wheat, much used for making sweets.
[13] “How do you do?”
[14] “Valley-lord,” or feudal chief.
[15] Generally a European, who often attains to high rank and fortune.
[16] In polite language, “child of unknown paternity.”
[17] A few years ago the mother of Sultan Abdul-Aziz, desirous of further reducing this number, brought forward an old palace regulation, that every seraglio woman found enceinte should be subjected to the operation of artificial abortion, with the exception of the first four wives.
[18] Under-superintendent of the harem.