Definition of Pashim

1. pashm [n -S] - See also: pashm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pashim

pasha
pashadom
pashadoms
pashalic
pashalics
pashalik
pashalike
pashaliks
pashas
pashaw
pashaws
pashed
pasher
pashers
pashes
pashim (current term)
pashims
pashing
pashm
pashmak
pashmina
pashminas
pashms
pasigraphic
pasigraphical
pasigraphy
pasilaly
pasilla
pasillas
pasin

Literary usage of Pashim

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Oriental Rugs by John Kimberly Mumford (1902)
"In different parts of Persia this is called pashim or pasham, and is used in the making of the finest shawls and prayer-rugs. May is the shearing-time. ..."

2. Oriental Rugs by John Kimberly Mumford (1902)
"In different parts of Persia this is called pashim or pasham, and is used in the making of the finest shawls and prayer-rugs. May is the shearing-time. ..."

3. Rugs, Oriental and Occidental, Antique and Modern: A Handbook for Ready by Rosa Belle Holt (1901)
"... rugs have their name from the manufacturers, who thus designate rugs that are woven of pashim. Rugs from Sindh are the cheapest and least durable of all ..."

4. Dictionary of Textiles by Louis Harmuth (1915)
"... pashim. Put—-East Indian knotted rugs, made of fine white wool. Putang—'Narrow, very coarse homespun cotton cloth made in China. ..."

5. A Vocabulary of the Kashmírí Language: In Two Parts : Kashmírí-English, and by William Jackson Elmslie (1872)
"The shawl pashim is washed with the root of this plant. K6 (for kos), nm a distance of about a mile and three quarters. Kob, adj. crooked. ..."

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