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)

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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) , a pipe with a

long

LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

flexible tube attached to a large bowl containing water, often scented, and resting upon a

tripod

TRIPOD (Gr. rpiTovr, Lat. tripus)

or stand. The smoke of the

tobacco

TOBACCO

is made to pass through the water in the bowl, and is thus cooled before reaching the smoker. The narghile of

India

INDIA
INDIA, FRENCH

is in principle the same as that of the

hookah

HOOKAH (the English spelling of the Persian and Hindustani huqqu, an adaptation of the Arabic huqqah, a
vase
- VASE
- VASE (through Fr. from Lat. vas, a vessel, pl. vasa, of which the singular vasum is rarely found; the ultimate root is probably was-, to cover, seen in Lat: vestis, clothing, Eng. " vest," Gr. to-th c, and also in " wear," of garments)
or casket, and by transference a pipe for smoking, probably derived from the Arabic huqq, a hollow
place
- PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)
)

; the word is derived from nargil, an Indian name for the coco-nut tree, as when the narghile was first made the water was placed in a coco-nut. This receptacle is now often made of

porcelain

PORCELAIN

, glass or metal. In the hubble-bubble the pipe is so contrived that the water in the bowl makes a bubbling noise while the pipe is being smoked. This pipe is common in

India

INDIA
INDIA, FRENCH

Egypt

EGYPT

and the

East

EAST
EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

generally.

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