sb. Forms: 7 tzirid, 8 jarrit, 9 dsjerid, djer(r)id, djereed, jerreed, jerrid, jareed, 8– jerid, 9 jereed. [Arab. jarīd midrib of the palm-leaf, rod, shaft, javelin.] A wooden javelin, about five feet long, used in games by Persian, Turkish and Arabian horsemen. Also, A game in which this is used.
1662. J. Davies, Olearius’ Voy. Ambass., VI. 297. They also often Exercise themselves at the Tzirid, or Javelin.
1775. R. Chandler, Trav. Asia M. (1825), I. 233. Galloping from all sides,… throwing at each other the jarrit or blunted dart.
1799. W. G. Browne, Trav. Africa, etc. xi. 152. Here they shoot at a mark, and throw the jerid.
1811. Scott, Don Roderick, xxv. The Moor his jerrid flings.
1813. Byron, Giaour, ix. Swift as the hurl’d on high jerreed.
1819. T. Hope, Anastasius (1820), I. xi. 214. Flinging the djereed.
1853. Layard, Nineveh & Babylon, xi. 245. They played the Jerid with their long spears, galloping to and fro on their well-trained mares.
Hence † Jerid (gereed, gerede) v. intr., to throw the jerid.
1698. Fryer, Acc. E. India & P., 110. Tilting and Gereeding, that is, Casting of Darts. Ibid., 397. Here they Gerede, or cast Darts.
