[138] _Chymeris_, a short, light gown.

[139] _Hude_, hood.

[140] _Bordourit_, embroidered.

[141] _Hekellit-wise_, like the feathers in the neck of a cock.

[142] _Fassoun_, fashion.

[143] _Lokker_, (?) gray.

[144] _Stikkand_, sticking.

[145] _Pennair_, pen-case.

[146] _Graithit_, apparelled, arrayed.

[147] _Feirfull_, awe-inspiring, dignified.

The Arabian sage Lokinan is represented by tradition to have been a
black slave, and of hideous appearance, from which, and from the
identity of the apologues in the Arabian collection that bears his name
as the author with the so-called Esopic fables, some writers have
supposed that Esop and Lokman are simply different names of one and the
same individual. But the fables ascribed to Lokman have been for the
most part (if not indeed entirely) derived from the Greek; and there is
no authority whatever that Lokman composed any apologues. Various
traditions exist regarding Lokman's origin and history. It is said that