The Collaborative International Dictionary
Persian \Per"sian\, a. [From Persia: cf. It. Persiano. Cf. Parsee, Peach, Persic.] Of or pertaining to Persia, to the Persians, or to their language.
Persian berry, the fruit of Rhamnus infectorius, a kind of buckthorn, used for dyeing yellow, and imported chiefly from Trebizond.
Persian cat. (Zo["o]l.) Same as Angora cat, under Angora.
Persian columns (Arch.), columns of which the shaft represents a Persian slave; -- called also Persians. See Atlantes.
Persian drill (Mech.), a drill which is turned by pushing a nut back and forth along a spirally grooved drill holder.
Persian fire (Med.), malignant pustule.
Persian powder. See Insect powder, under Insect.
Persian red. See Indian red (a), under Indian.
Persian wheel, a noria; a tympanum. See Noria.
Usage examples of "persian columns".
And there my old enemy was, his scuffed boot tips protruding clumsily from behind one of those dreadful Persian columns below the balcony.
Perennius could well imagine the havoc in Persian columns when their cavalry boiled away from the Palmyrene lancers.