abash
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Abash, a-bash′, v.t. to confuse with shame or guilt.—pa.p.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
So when he was healed he set out and travelled by land and by sea till he reached the King his Lord in the Kingdom of Abash.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
So the Saracens were defeated, and a marvellous number of them slain, and the King of Abash entered the Kingdom of Aden with all his host.
From The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Yule, Henry
The names of these sons of Mizraim as given in history are as follows: Hind, Sind, Zeng, Nuba, Kanaan, Kush, Kopt, Berber and Hebesh, or Abash.
From The Negro: what is His Ethnological Status? 2nd Ed. by Payne, Buckner H. 'Ariel'
Abash is a stronger word than confuse, but not so strong as confound.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
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