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Black — In India and in Persia a black horse is styled mtishM or mushkin, 

 from mushk, " musk." Mushkl or mushkin is properly jet-black and 

 shiny. (One Indian writer uses siyah to signify a dull black or 

 brown.) Mallikdksha, S., obs. black with two wall-eyes and four 

 white stockings. Adham, Ar., a stable-term amongst Arabs for 

 black ; amongst Indians it was regarded as a radical and auspicious 

 colour ; by adham the Indians meant real black " like the black-bee, 

 or the male ko,el, or the black buffalo " ; the word is obsolete in 

 India. 



"Black-eyed" — qara-qilz, T., "black-eyed," a term now obsolete in 

 India. 



"Black-eared" — shdm-karan, S., with black tips to the ears; term 

 practically obsolete. 



" Black-kneed " — vide Stocking. 



' Black-tongued " — siydh-zahdn, adj., " black-tongued " ; and siydJi- 

 tdlu, adj., " with black palate " : unlucky, except in a black horse. 



Bladder — phdnkni, f., H. (of animals) : masdna, Ar., gen. 



Blanket — kambal or kammal, m., H. : dhussd. 



Blaze — qashqa or qashqd, T., the sect-mark on the forehead of Hindus, 

 and hence any white mark on the forehead of a horse : mdJi-ru, adj. 

 and subs., lit. " moon-faced," with the whole face white, i.e., with a 

 blaze extending to the eyes in a broad stripe down the nose^ 

 ghurrah sdyilah, Ar., with a blaze extending to the eyes, the white 

 also " flowing down " to the nose in a broad stripe, " the breadth of 

 the whole nose" : shakll, with a narrow reach : ^aqrab, lit. "scorpion," 

 any white on the forehead if it has coloured hairs in it, a broken 

 blaze: pack- ov pdnch-kaliydn, Urdu, adj., with four white stockings 

 and a blaze ; vide Stocking, Reach, and Star. 



Blazed — aaharr, Ar., marked with a ghurrah, vide supra and Star. 



Bleed, to — fasd kholnd, to let the blood by opening a vein. 



Blinker — kan-pattd, m., H, 



Blister — ^^pldstar^' (Eug.) , lagdnd, to apply a blister: chhald, m., H. 

 (parnd), the pustule. 



Blood — lohu, ra., H. : kh/ln, m., P. : vide also Thorough-bred, and 

 Humour. 



" Blotched " — kanhwd, H., with blotches of black, white, and chesnut : 

 vide Spotted. 



Blue-stone — nlU-tutiyd, f., H. 



" Boar-tusked " — vide Tusk. 



Bob-tailed — landurd or lundd, H. 



Body-roller — fardkhl, f. 



Bog-spavin — vide Spavin. 



Boil - phord, m., H. : dumbal, m., P. 



Bone — haddl, f., H. : khdmosha, turbinated bone (neai' nostrils). 



Borax — suhdgd, m., H. 



