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and tail and four black legs : teliyd samand, a very dark dun with 

 black legs, and black mane and tail : samand-i qdnun, obs., as before 

 but still darker: samand-i siydh zdnfi, a dan with four black stock- 

 ings : samand-i gul-ddr, a dappled dun: qulld or qftld (T. ?), a 

 bright red-dun that is almost a light bay, with dun mane and tail, 

 and black " list" : sandall, adj., of the colour of sandal-wood, i.e., a 

 lisrht dun with the same coloured mane and tail : hordd, a dull dun 



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(the colour of country leather) with black stripes on its legs : zarda, 

 a term applied in manuscripts to all duns ; is regai^ded as a radical 

 and auspicious colour in horses and is compared to the yellow of gold 

 or the yellow in the interior of the niltlfar or white water-lily ; the 

 skin should be of the same colour as the hair. 



Dung — lid, f,, dung of horses, mules, asses, or elephants : pishJcdl or 

 pisTikal, and menghl, the hard dung of goats, sheep, and camels : 

 gohar, m., H., cow-dung : wpld, m., H., cakes of cow-dung worked up 

 for burning : sargln, m., P., cow- or horse-dung. 



Dysentery — pecMsh, f., H. : vide Mucus. 



Dyspepsia — bddi, dyspepsia and indigestion. 



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Ear — kdn, m., H. : kanotl, f., H., tip of the ear of a man, a horse, or any 



animal. 

 ** Eared " — gosh-ddr, adj., said of a horse with a third ear growing out 



of the root of one ear : unlucky. 

 Elbow — agll-huhni, f., H. : mirfaq, Ar. : vide Capped-elbow. 

 Elephantiasis— /ZZ-pa, lit. " elephant-foot." 

 " Elephant-skin " — gaj-chirm, subs., an incurable disease in which the 



skin thickens in parts, assuming the speckled appearance of an 



elephant's skin. 

 " Elephant-toothed " — vide Tusk. 

 Enema — huqna, an enema and also its contents : huqna karnd, v. [An 



ordinary enema for a horse is a quart of milk, 2 lbs. of melted butter, 



^ lb. of honey, and white sugar. The Indian enema consists of a 



leather bag with a tube.] 

 Enteritis — hoghma. 

 Entire — dndu, adj. (of any animal) : nar-ghord, snbs. : vide also Stallion 



and Uncastrated. 

 Epilepsy — mirgl, f., H. 

 Erysipelas — surkh-hdd ; sometimes this disease is called zahr-hdd, but 



vide Lymphangitis. 

 Ewe-necked — vide " Strap-necked " : shutur-gardan, long-necked and also 



ewe-necked (lit. "camel-necked "). 

 Excrescence — thani, f., wart-like excrescences at the mouth of tlie 



sheath, the size of a date ; maul, the same if very small ; latter not a 



defect. A horse possessing these is called thanl-ddr or manl-ddr. 



