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tranter (iou) and Kaaba (iou)


tranter (iou)



tranter noun. obsolete exc. dial. Also (earlier) traventer. LME.
[Anglo-Norman traventer = Anglo-Latin trave(n)tarius, of unkn. origin.]
A person who buys up goods to sell elsewhere; a pedlar, a hawker, formerly esp. one travelling by horse and cart. Orig. also, a retailer of ale.
trant verb intrans. (rare) [back-form.] make one's living as a tranter LME.
trantery noun the occupation of a tranter ME.

Kaaba (iou)



Kaaba noun. , Caaba. E17.
[Arab. (al-)kaba lit. '(the) square house'.]
The square-shaped building in the centre of the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, in the direction of which Muslims must face in doing the obligatory prayer.