Shai"tan, Shei"tan (?), n. [Hind. shaitan, fr. Ar. shaitan.] Written also sheytan.
1.
Among Mohammedans: (a) An evil spirit; the evil one; the devil. (b) One of bad disposition; a fiend.
[Colloq.]
2.
A dust storm.
[India]
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