Divan

the cushioned sofa running around three sides of the lewan, or raised portion of the sitting-room of an Oriental residence (Lane's Mod. Egypt. 1:17), and serving the purpose of a seat by day and a couch by night for the male members of the family and guests. SEE HOUSE. It is from six inches to a foot high, a little elevated in front, and about four feet wide. The angles are the posts of honor. The common people of Palestine and Egypt have no proper bed, and domestics sleep on the floor or in the passages, wherever they can find room (Kelly's Syria, page 23). SEE BED.