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n. - Large metal container in which coal or charcoal is burned.

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  • On a square stone brasier, fed with glowing coals, the rice-pot steamed.
  • At the street corners the coffee-vender squats before his little charcoal brasier and drives
  • “Makmarah,” a metal cover for the usual brasier or pan of charcoal which acts as a fire-place.
  • In the brasier, deposited in the centre of the room, burnt fir and cedar incense, and a hundred mixed herbs.
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