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white skewbald ; ablaq-i zarda, a dan-and- white skewbald; ablaq-i 

 magasl, a flea-bitten grey and a white ; ablaq-i garni, white-aad- 

 roan skewbald j ablaq-i hintl,i, copper aad white, &c., &c. 



Skin — chamrd, ra., H. 



Skittish — chanchal. 



Slight-bdilt — chharerd badan, spare (in a bad sense of horses, but in a 

 good sense of men). 



Sling — jhula, m., H., lit. " swing " : tangnl. 



Slow — dhlmd, H., lit. "dim": matthd or matthar} H. : bail hi tarah 

 chaltd hai. 



Snaffle — qaza,%, f. 



" Snake-tongued " — vide Dog-tongued. 



Snip — arsam, Ar., a horse with a snip (properly speaking on the upper 

 lip).' 



Snort, to — farfardnd or pharphardnd. 



Snot — vide Mucus. 



Soap-nut — rlthd, m., H. 



Sole — talwd, m., H. 



Sore-back — ghore kl pith lag-ga,l. 



Sore-mouth — bdchheti lag-ga,lii : lagdml, f . (Jiond) (also applied to 

 humans). 



Sore-throat — gal-suwd. 



Sound — hdth pair durust ; be-^ayb. 



Spasms — vide Gripes. 



Spavin — chaptd, a spavin far back, flat and not pointed, that seldom 

 causes lameness : haddd, bone-spavin : motard or mothard, bog- 

 spavin : motard, according to some, is bog-spavin on the inside of 

 the joint, while bhabhutard is bog-spavin above the joint and inside. 



Spleen — ghore he tilll par-ga,l or barh-ga,l. 



Splinter — phdns, H., a splinter of bamboo, &c. : kirich, f., H., a splinter 

 of wood or bone (also a straight sword). 



Spot — chitti. 



Spotted— phuld, adj., lit. "flowered," that is, with a white blotch or 

 spot (phul) on the quarters or thighs ; objected to, especially by 

 the Nepalese ; white spots from saddle- or girth-galls are not 

 counted : phfdwdrl, a white {nuqra) horse with black spots of the 

 size of a shilling ; formerly valued by Rajas. 



Sprain— ^a?/ bhar-jdnd, filling of the back tendon : vide Strain. 



Spur — kdntd, m., H. : mamrez, f., H., a corruption of Pers. mahmlz: 

 vide Rowel. (The Eastern spur was the sharp corner of the flat 

 stirrup- iron ; hence rikdb 7ndrnd = to spur). 



Stable — istabal ; tawela: than (atsbll). 



STXCK--tdl, m., H,: ganjl, f. 



Matthar bail = a dull school-boy. 



