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An Englishman is justified in using "steed" for "horse;" thus the Moggrebyn calls a horse owd, the eastern Arab hoszan; but many poets use the word owd, which is at present unknown to the vulgar in Egypt. The Arabs spreading over conquered countries took their idioms with them, but the joint-stock of the language continued known to all who could read or write.
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