341 ([return])
[ Thus making the food impure and unfit for a religious Moslem to eat. Scott (vi. 378) has "when a huge rat running from his hole leaped into the dish which was placed upon the floor." He is probably thinking of the East Indian "bandycoot.">[
342 ([return])
[ In text this tale concludes, "It is ended and this (next) is the History of the Barber.">[
343 ([return])
[ A dandy, a macaroni, from the Turk. Chelebi, see vol. i. 22. Here the word is thoroughly Arabised. In old Turk. it means, a Prince of the blood; in mod. times a gentleman, Greek or European.]
344 ([return])
[ In the text "Úzbáshá" or "Uzbáshá," a vile Egyptianism for Yúzbáshi = head of a hundred (men), centurion, captain.]
345 ([return])
[ Scil. the household, the Harem, etc. As usual, the masc. is used for the fem.]