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the letters could not stand for the name of a Saint] : qdrurd, m., a 

 bottle containing a patient's urine sent to a Muslim doctor for 

 (visual) examination. 



Urticaria — ghore kl pittl uchalnd (hives?). 



V 



Valerian — hilll lotan or hil(l,7 lotan (so called from its effect on cats, 

 which delight in its fragrance and roll about in their ecstasies), 

 Common Valerian, Valeriana officinalis ; this is dried and powdered 

 and given to horses in " Surra," q. v. 



Vein — rag, f., P.' 



Vertebra — mankd, m., H. 



Vetch — mdsh, f., H. 



Vicious — had-zdt : shdmRs, Indian manuscript, Ai'abiclsed form of 

 chdmus, P., vicious, of horses : markhand, adj., H. (lit. butting, a 

 butter) . 



Vinegar — sirka, m., P. 



Vulva — farj, f., Ar. 



W 



Walk — qadam, in modern Urdu means "a walk," but in old Urdu it 

 was a general term for several kinds of artificial amble, q. v. ; 

 shdh-gdm, m. (a showy artificial walk ; high-stepping and slow ; 

 now rarely seen ; vide Amble). 



Walk, to — qadam qadam chalnd. 



Walking-exercise — vide Lead. 



Wall-eyed — fdq'i, adj. (with one wall-eye; lit., odd, not even) : chaghar, 

 T., with two wall-eyes, also ddam-chashm or " man-eyed " (amongst 

 some dealers means showing the white all round the iris) ; also 

 gurba-chashvi or "cat-eyed," but vwZe Pig-eyed: sulaymdm-dnkh or 

 "onyx-eyed" (Afghan dealers); bilaurl-dnkh or "crystal-eyed" 

 (of one or both eyes) : ek-mandala-taql , obs., " with one wall-eye " : 

 [one wall-eye is unlucky, but two are lucky] . 



Wart — masd, H. ; vide Excrescence. 



Water — bdsl pdm, " stale water," that is, water drawn from a well over- 

 night and quite cold ; opposed to ku.,dn-garm or " well-warm " water 

 that is, with the chill just off. 



Water in the Yoor—dh-glrd, lit. water in the foot from laminitis ; vide 

 also Indigestion. 



Wax — mom, m., P. 



" Weave, to " — jhnmnd {lit. to sway, as elephants, drunkards, trees in 

 the wind). 



" Weaver " — jhumne-wdld. 



Weed — daggd, m., H. (of horse or man). 



