Then he would go back into his tent and drink a mixture of barley and cumin until he swooned away from intoxication,--to awake afterwards in broad daylight consumed with horrible thirst.
Tenures of cumin do not appear to have been common in the two counties.
Cumin or carraway seed is still used today in the preparation of the delicious "Bavarian" cabbage which also includes wine and other spices.
Oil of cumin is a mixture of two oils differing in volatility, and which may be separated by careful distillation.
And quhen Ingerame cumin wes thair, Him thoucht nocht speidfull for to fair Till assale hym in-to the hicht.
Toward the King than can thai ga, And till him soyne weill cumin ar.
Quhen this wes said thai went thare way; And till the toun soyn cuminar thai, Sa prevely, bot noys making, That nane persavit thair cummyng.
And quhen the set day cumin was, He sped him fast toward the place That he had nemmyt for to ficht.
And than the formast cumin weir Till a wast husbandis hous; and thar Thai slew the weddir at thai bar, 152 And slew fyre for to rost thar met, And askit the Kyng gif he wald et, And rest hym till the met war dicht?
CUMIN is mentioned in Scripture as something particularly nice.
Saute in oil, adding lime juice, garlic, and groundcumin to taste.
Now wes the king cumin to the fute of the crag, and all his nobilis severit, heir and thair, fra him, at thair game and solace; quhen suddenlie apperit to his sicht the fairist hart that evir wes sene afore with levand creature.
If his beasts be leg-weary, he will be maybe selling bargains.
There is a small export of blackcumin seed from Cyprus.
Black Cumin Seed These seeds, sometimes known as fennel-flower seeds, are the product of Nigella sativa, Linn.
The ancients were acquainted with the power of Cumin to cause the human countenance to become pallid, and Pliny mentions two cases in which the herb was so employed.
In some parts of Italy they give Cumin to pigeons in order to make them tame and fond of their home; and Cumin mixed with flour and water is given to fowls with the same object.
Thus in Germany, in order to prevent newly-made bread from being stolen by Wood-demons, the loaves had Cumin put in them.
Cumin is thought to possess a mystical power of retention: hence it has found its way into many a love-philtre, as being able to ensure fidelity and constancy in love.
Among the Greeks, Cuminsymbolised meanness and cupidity: the people nicknamed Marcus Antoninus, Cumin, on account of his avarice; and misers were jokingly spoken of as persons who had eaten Cumin.
In Italy, a similar custom prevails; and in some places it is supposed that the Cumin possesses the power of keeping the thief in the house along with the bread which he wished to steal.
It was whilst marching out to take up this position in the dark that a shell emptied itself into the head of one company, killing Lieutenant Cumin and severely wounding Captain Luxmoore and one man.
Lieutenant Cuminwas buried in the evening in Lydenburg cemetery.
When Mister Strackhorse led her out I thawt sum pretty skool gal, who had jest graduatid frum pantalets & wire hoops, was a cumin out to read her fust composishun in public.
Previs to cumin over hear I tawt my organist how to grind Rule Brittany and other airs which is poplar on British Sile.
When she sung Cumin threw the Rye, and spoke of that Swayne she deerly luvd herself individooully, I didn't wish I was that air Swayne.
The ancients were acquainted with the power of Cumin to cause the human countenance to become pallid; and as a medicine the herb is well calculated to cure such pallor of the face when occurring as an illness.
Cumin symbolised cupidity among the Greeks: wherefore Marcus Antoninus was so nick-named because of his avarice; and misers were jocularly said to have eaten Cumin.
It has been discovered by Grisar that Cumin oil exercises a special action which gives it importance as a medicine.
For the dill are not threshed with a sharp instrument, neither is a cart wheel turned over the cumin; but the dill is beaten out with a stick, and the cumin with a rod.
For you tithe mint, dill, and cumin,{ cumin is an aromatic seed from Cuminum cyminum, resembling caraway in flavor and appearance.
Set the frying-pan on fire and add the cumin seed, pepper corns, dry chillies.
Saltspoon Saffron and a good Pinch of Cumin Powder.
Saltspoon Saffron and a Pinch ofCumin Powder and Fenugreek.
Mint, Rue, and Cumin have each a delightful flavor of antiquity.
Then she went away and I saw no more of her for ten days, during which time she sent me meat and drink by a slave girl who told me that she had fallen sick from the smell of the cumin ragout.
Wilt thou cut off my hand, because I ate of a cumin ragout and did not wash?
FN#554] When he ended his verse we said to him, "Allah upon thee, tell us thy reason for refusing to eat of the cumin ragout?
Quoth she, "Thou madman' what made thee eat of cumin ragout and forget to wash thy hand?
FN#571] I will teach thee how to eat cumin ragout without washing thy hands!
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cumin" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
