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narghile
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narghile (när`gəlē'): see pipe smoking pipe smoking. The habit of smoking various substances probably arose independently in different parts of the world. Herodotus in the 5th cent. B.C. describes the Scythians as inhaling the fumes of burning leaves until they were intoxicated.
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Loti lived in Eyup where he surrounded himself with "oriental" mementoes including giant brass candlesticks, narghiles, Turkish cushions, carpets and velvet drapes, many of which he later took back to his native France.
 
 
 
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