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Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880. Excerpt: ... GLOSSARY. Ail.--An earthen balk or ridge, dividing one plot of cultivated ground from another--generally very narrow, but sometimes broad enough for a trackway. Amla.--The servants or officers, either individually or collectively, of a zamindar''s kachahri or estate-office. Arbor.--A kind of pulse (cytisus cajan) grown for food. Asan, or Ashan.--A square piece of carpet. Badmdash.--One who is disreputable. Bahangi.--A bamboo furnished with cords at each end, by means of which luggage is carried slung across the shoulder. Baiihakhanah.--The sitting-room, or public portion of a native dwelling-house. Bdri.--A dwelling-house--homestead. Bau.--Young married girl. Bhadra log.--Respectable well-to-do people. Bhat--Boiled rice. Bigha.--A measure of land: in Bengal it is equivalent to about one-third of an acre. Bonti.--A broad sickle-shaped knifeblade, fixed vertically U into a heavy wooden stand. In use, the stand is held firm by the feet, and the fish, vegetable, straw or other article to be cleaned, sliced, or cut up, is with the hand duly worked against the concave cutting edge thus made fast. Broto.--A self-imposed exercise of a devotional character--obligation, vow. Chadr, or Chadar.--A sheet, or cloth. Charpoy.--A frame of wood, having a web of tape or cord stretched across it, and resting upon four short legs. Chauhidar.--The village watchman, or constable. Chela.--A disciple of a Mohant. Chittha.--Memorandum--name of a business book used in the management of a zamindar''s property, in which measurements and other like information are entered. Ch&lha.--A fireplace built up of clay. Cowrie.--See Kauri. Daftarkhana.--An office or room in which books of account and registers are kept. DaM.--Thickened milk. Dana.--Grain. Dakait.--One of a gang of robbers. Ddha...
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