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NARGILE

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 240 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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NARGILE or NARGILEII, the See also:

Persian and See also:

TURKISH

Turkish name for a " See also:

HOOKAH (the English spelling of the Persian and Hindustani huqqu, an adaptation of the Arabic huqqah, a vase or casket, and by transference a pipe for smoking, probably derived from the Arabic huqq, a hollow place)

hookah," a See also:

TOBACCO

tobacco See also:

PIPE

pipe with a See also:

long flexible See also:

TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube for See also:

STEM (O. Eng. staefn, stemn, cf. Du. stain, Ger. Stamm, &c., probably related to " staff ")

stem passing through a See also:

VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel containing See also:

WATER

water, often perfumed . This bowl was originally made of a coco-See also:

nut (Persian ndrgil), whence the name, but now See also:

glass, See also:

metal or See also:

PORCELAIN

porcelain, are also used .

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