[180] That is, a race-course for sallies of wit and eloquence on the subject of wine: the word "kumeyt" being used, in preference to more than a hundred others that might have been employed, as signifying "wine," because it bears also the meaning of "a dark bay horse."
[181] His name is not mentioned in my copy; but D'Herbelot states it to have been Shems-ed-Deen Moḥammad Ibn-Bedr-ed-Deen Ḥasan, el-Ḳáḍee; and writes his surname "Naouagi," or "Naouahi."
[182] Ch. ii. v. 216.
[183] Ch. iv. v. 46.
[184] Leviticus, ch. x. v. 9.
[185] Ḳur-án, ch. v. v. 92.
[186] Ḥalbet el-Kumeyt, ch. ix.
[187] Idem, khátimeh, or conclusion.
[188] Ibid.
[189] Fakhr-ed-Deen, in De Sacy's Chrestomathie Arabe, vol. i. p. 23, Arabic text, 2nd ed.