† sarpushn.
Obsolete.
A cover of a (silver) vessel.
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the world > space > relative position > closed or shut condition > that which or one who closes or shuts > [noun] > closure for a vessel, tube, etc. > lid > types of
pot-lid1404
paten-bred1501
buckler1674
Moor's head1677
screw top1697
sarpush1698
Moor-head1712
saucepan lid1801
screw cap1806
pan lid1841
capsule1858
shutter-front1887
crown cap1898
shutter-lid1901
kettle-lid1903
under-lid1907
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 130 A Service in Plate covered with Embroidered Velvet over Noble Surpooses or Covers.
1828 Asiatic Costumes 29 The tobacco..is put into the chillum..covered with a massive and richly-chased silver surposh, or cover.
1829 J. Shipp Mem. Mil. Career II. vi. 159 Tugging away at your hookah, find no smoke; a thief having purloined your silver chelam and surpoose.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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