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braise(dictionary)

Samarra (iou) and braise (iou)


Samarra (iou)



Samarra noun2. M20.
[A city in northern Iraq, featuring in a tale in a play by Somerset Maugham, in which a man sees Death in Baghdad and flees to distant Samarra to escape, not realizing that Death always intended meeting him that night in Samarra.]
appointment in Samarra, an unavoidable meeting with death or fate.

braise (iou)



braise verb & noun. M18.
[French braiser, from braise live coals: cf. BRAZIER noun2.]
A. verb trans. Cook slowly with a little liquid in a tightly closed vessel. M18.
b. noun. Braised meat; the materials for braising meat etc. with. M18.