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"sharp-pointed,""to kill."

zhan,"a measure of eightcubits."

" full," " to fill."
zhan, "to block a wheel," "a
catch,"" an impediment," " to
embarrass."

zhan,"to fill up," "stuff;""cram
medfull."

zhan, "tough," "not brittle,"
" strong butflexible," " tena
cious."

zhan, " to join fibres together,
and make a thread"; " to sew,"
"stitch."

zhan* " slow of speech," " un
ready,"" stammering."
" benevolent" : vid. supra.

gin,Sullumu,"tofinish;" ga,

Sabaiu, " to kill " ; gaz, daku,

"to kill"; gul, vbbutu,"to

destroy,"or Jiipu, " to cut off."

gin,qanu,"a reed," "a common

Babylonianmeasureof length"

(cp. Ezekiel xl, 3, 5 ; xli, 8).

gin,malii," to fill," " be full."

gin,kdnu," to fix," " secure" ;

esiru,"to catch"; ekimu,"to

seize," "catch"; kalu, "to

close,""impede."

gin,malii,"to be full;" n\ malii.

gin," to bend " (without break

gin,"to turn and twist"(drehen).

gin,sanaqu,"to join together"

(shaphel).

gin," a reed," " wavering," " un

stable."

gi, ga, kalu, " to close," " shut,"

" impede."

gin, qanu, "a measure," "a

standard" ; taru, " to return ;"

nak&ru(Heb.)," to recognize."

di, d&nu, "to judge"; za, zu,

zhan," to know well,"" discrimi

natebetween,"" to recognize,"

" know again,"" a mark," " a

criterion."

zhan,"toweave";cp. the various "to know."

terms denotingdoth,clothes,in

this series.

zhan,"thelappelof a coat but- gin,kanu, "to be made fast,"

tonedunderthe arm,""a single "to fasten" (pael); san&qu,

mat,"" fastenings on a coffin." " to connect ; " qanu, " reed"

(matsweremadeof bamboo).

* In Canton yin,in Amoy Jim,in Shanghai zing; forms whichseemto

indicategin, dim,andzig,respectively,as their archetypes. Cp. Accadian

dugand zib, "good."

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