10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BARRACAN»
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In Tripoli they adopted Arabic or Italian touches to their speech and style that
emphasized more than ever that they were Americans. Most of the Arab men and
women wore traditional clothing topped by a barracan. The barracan is
supposedly ...
2
Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Architecture
BARRACAN,. LUIS. 1902-88. Architect, Mexico Luis Barragan was at the forefront
of a generation of Mexican architects who followed a fascination with European
functionalist design; they endeavored to ...
3
Commercial regulations of the foreign countries with which ...
Bugles, glass, and beads, (foreign) per lb. of a smaller kind, called seed bugles, -
Barracan, (foreign) of wool and silk mixed, and of two yards wide, - per yard, of
the Levant, resembling twilled serge, up to two yards wide, - - do. Barracan ...
United States. President (1817-1825 : Monroe), 1819
4
The Georgian; Or, the Moor of Tripoli, and Other Poems
Thus, standing on the water's brink, Amnani paused, and seem'd to shrink ; Her
barracan she folded tight, (The Gibelin fleece of purest white,) Pointed to
something in the air, To draw th' attentive glances there ; Then cast the barracan
aside, ...
Mrs. Elizabeth THOMAS (Wife of the Vicar of Tidenham.), 1847
5
Commercial statistics: A digest of the productive resources, ...
The principal articles composing this trade were as follow : Ihforti C f Wool,
barracan 3.200 C 13,11.'); £ £ ( f Wool, barracan 3,260 J Manufactured ) Tisanes
of < Cotton 91/ 4,800 articles.. ) ( Silk 360 ( Other articles 8,800 J Corn, &c. J Corn
and ...
6
Narrative of a mission to central Africa performed in the ...
161 CHAPTER X. My Barracan — Spontaneous Civility on arrival in Damerghou
— Ghaseb Stubble—Cactus-—Water-Mel0ns—Party of Tuaricks — Boban Birni
— Huts of Damerghou — Tagelel -—- Women of the Village -— Population of the
...
7
The Libyan Revolution: Its Origins and Legacy : a Memoir and ...
Shukri wore a barracan and fez, Ben a Western open-necked shirt. They said
they would only drink tea because of Ramadan. Shukri sat with alert eyes tensely
cracking his fingers, and with superficially engaging openness told me how his ...
8
Neumann and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English ...
3. An ancient kind of ship- guns now disused. 4. Snag, a tooth which grows over
another. BarrAdo, da, a. 1. (Among clothiers) Corded, or having stripes rising
above the ground ; striped. 2. (Bias.) Barred. Barracan, sm. 1. (Ant.) Companion.
Henry Neumann, Giuseppe Marco Antonio Baretti, 1839
9
A Narrative of Travels in Northern Africa in the Years 1818, ...
That between this and the finest (called Jereed) is named Kholi ; but in Tripoli, all
three are known under the appellation of Barracan. A large cloak, having a hood,
and no sleeves, and composed of closely and well-woven wool without a seam ...
George Francis Lyon, 1821
10
Lexicon Tetraglotton, an English-French-Italian-Spanish ...
Cfiamlet ; Ciambeílotto ; Camelo*^ ^Chmitiort. Watered chamlet ; Clambellôttà (
mdeggiat» , àbn- dè, o mareggiato ; Camelöt ondé, Oûcâftieïot à ondes ;
Chamelote con agitas. • •□' - ь' □ Barracan; Barracano ; Barracan; Barracan y al-
bernox ...
