A dictionary of the Bible; dealing with its language, literature, and contents, including the Biblical theology; . The latter is known bythe name kiththd or inikti, which is a modilicationof the Heb. K»p, and is doubtless the vegetablereferred to as one of the good things of Egypt (Nu11). It is longer and more slemler than tlie com-mon cucuiiilier, being often more than a foot long,and sonieliines liss than an inch thick, and pointedat both ends. It has a thick, hairy, mottled orstriped green rind, with a less juicy pulp than thek/iii/Ar, but a similar, though less delicate, o
A dictionary of the Bible; dealing with its language, literature, and contents, including the Biblical theology; . The latter is known bythe name kiththd or inikti, which is a modilicationof the Heb. K»p, and is doubtless the vegetablereferred to as one of the good things of Egypt (Nu11). It is longer and more slemler than tlie com-mon cucuiiilier, being often more than a foot long,and sonieliines liss than an inch thick, and pointedat both ends. It has a thick, hairy, mottled orstriped green rind, with a less juicy pulp than thek/iii/Ar, but a similar, though less delicate, originating in Egypt, it is everywhere 532 CULTURE CUNNING cultivated in the East. It is esteemed coarser thanthe khiyAr, and sold cheaper. A cardinal dilierence between the kiththd andthe khiyAr is that the latter cannot be cultivatedwithout constant irrigation. The kiththd, whileoften cultivated on watered soil, and then attain-ing a large size, grows on perfectly dry soil also,without a drop of water through the hot summermonths, during which it flourishes. The wordkhiydr i« said to be of Persiui A *LODOI Cf A GARDEN OP OUODUBBSB. The expression garden of cucumbers (Is 1) isnjPC mikshdh, a noun of place, meaning the placeof kisltshu, and is exactly reproduced in the Tlie lodge is the booth of the man whowatches the patch. This booth is made of fourupright poles, 6 or 8 ft. high, planted in the ground,and tied by withes of flexible bark to four hori-zontal poles at their tip. Over the frame madeby these horizontal poles are laid cross poles, and,over all, branches of trees. Sometimes a floor ismade by tying four other horizontal poles at a fewinches or feet above the ground, and laying overthem a flooring of cross poles. Walls are some-times made of wattled branches, more or lessenclosing the frail tenement. Such booths are tobe seen in all the cucumber and melon patclies,and in vineyards and other cultivated land whichrequires watching. They are fitt
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