wady

[ wah-dee ]

/ ˈwɑ di /

QUIZZES

Even if you can't be a professional chef, you can at least talk like one with this vocabulary quiz.

Question 1 of 9

You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

Dark tents dotted the wady and sheep occupied a belt of dry stubble.
Kit Musgrave's Luck|Harold Bindloss
The idea of a direct attack by the Mahdists on Wady Halfa seems to have been for the moment abandoned.
The Egyptian campaigns, 1882 to 1885|Charles Royle
Even this wady is known to few, for it lies altogether beyond the track of caravans.
The Dash for Khartoum|George Alfred Henty
In Wady Aroukeen there are some of the finest tholukhs I have seen, reaching the height of thirty or forty feet.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1|James Richardson

There are two new trees in this wady, both interesting; the Ghurdok and the Ajdaree.
Narrative of a Mission to Central Africa Performed in the Years 1850-51, Volume 1|James Richardson