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Definition of Narghile
1. Noun. An oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water. "A bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"
Generic synonyms: Pipe, Tobacco Pipe
Definition of Narghile
1. Noun. A large Oriental tobacco pipe wherein the smoke is drawn through water to filter and cool it. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Narghile
1. a hookah [n -S] - See also: hookah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Narghile
Literary usage of Narghile
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bibliotheca Nicotiana: A Catalogue of Books about Tobacco, Together with a by William Bragge (1880)
"narghile Bowl; body of deep blue enamel, with six vertical belts of ...
narghile Bowl; body of bluish green enamel; upper and lower casings of brass, ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1895)
"And here I think it wise to emphasise the distinction between the hookah and its
feebler imitation, the " narghile." All hookahs stand erect by themselves. ..."
3. Turkey of the Ottomans by Lucy Mary Jane Garnett (1915)
"Turks of the lower class resort to the coffee-house in the early morning for a
cheering cup and narghile before betaking themselves to their daily ..."