Note 83 — THE STORY OF THE THREE SHARPERS.[17]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Ma’jún,” pop. applied to an electuary of Bhang (Cannabis sativa): it is the “Maagoon” sold by the “Maagungee” of Lane (M.E. chap. xv). Here, however, the term may be used in the sense of “confections” generally, the sweetmeats eaten by way of restoratives in the Bath.