jeridjereedn.
/dʒəˈriːd/ A wooden javelin, about five feet long, used in games by Persian, Turkish, and Arabian horsemen. Also, A game in which this is used.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > spear-play > [noun] > spear
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > spear-play > [noun]
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1662 J. Davies tr. A. Olearius Voy. & Trav. Ambassadors vi. 297 They also often Exercise themselves at the Tzirid, or Javelin.
1775 R. Chandler Trav. Asia Minor lv. 186 Gallopping from all sides,..throwing at each other the Jarrit or blunted Dart.
1799 W. G. Browne Trav. Afr. xi. 152 Here they shoot at a mark, and throw the jerid.
1811 W. Scott Don Roderick xxv. 30 The Moor his jerrid flings.
1813 Ld. Byron Giaour (ed. 5) 13 Swift as the hurled on high jerreed.
1819 T. Hope Anastasius (1820) I. xi. 214 Flinging the djereed.
1853 A. H. Layard Discov. Nineveh & Babylon xi. 245 They played the Jerid with their long spears, galloping to and fro on their well-trained mares.
Derivatives
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > athletics > contend in athletics [verb (intransitive)] > throw specific type of javelin
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1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 110 Tilting and Gereeding, that is, Casting of Darts.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 397 Here they Gerede, or cast Darts.
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