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‖ saphie N. Afr.|ˈsæfiː|
Also 9 saffi, safie.
[Mandingo safaye.]
A charm.
1799M. Park Trav. xvi. (ed. 2) 206 He..desired me to write him a saphie. 1817T. E. Bowdich, etc. Mission Ashantee ii. iv. (1819) 271 The most surprising superstition of the Ashantees, is their confidence in the fetishes or saphies they purchase so extravagantly from the Moors. 1847S. Lee Afr. Wand. xvii. (1854) 290 Scraps of the Koran, esteemed as charms, and called safies. 1904Mary Gaunt Arm of Leopard 256 The more or less Arabic charms known as Saphis. 1905R. A. Freeman Golden Pool 108, I..hung round my neck a saffi or amulet. |