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Spanish
Etymology
Inherited from Old Spanish , from Andalusian Arabic الرَاهْج (ar-rāhj).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eˈrax/
- Rhymes: -ax
- Syllabification: he‧rraj
Noun
herraj m (plural herrajes)
- charcoal made from the stones of pressed olives
- Don Antonio de Zamora, El hechizado por fuerza, 1st act, 3rd scene (in 1838, Don Eugenio de Ochoa, Coleccion de los mejores autores españoles, volume 14 / Tesoro del teatro español, volume 5, Crapelet’s press, page 330):
Pin. Ya la leyó, y ve que en ella os envian cuatro cargas de herraj para los braseros.- Pin. She already read it, and see that in it they send you four load of herraj for the braziers.
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