Note 272 — ARDASHIR AND HAYAT AL-NUFUS.[261]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
Arab. “Faráis” (plur. of farísah): the phrase has often occurred and is = our “trembled in every nerve.” As often happens in Arabic, it is “horsey;” alluding to the shoulder-muscles (not shoulder-blades, Preston p. 89) between neck and flank which readily quiver in blood-horses when excited or frightened.