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Sepia, species. 



The Cuttle-fish ; the internal calcareous skeleton; or 

 cuttle-bone, is called kaf-i-darid, or foam of the waters, and 

 is usually brought to these regions by return pilgrims from 

 ]\Iecca, and hence is looked upon as a most important and 

 valuable medicine. 



Sejjuah — (ji^NM — the seeds of a species of Plantago 

 employed in medicine ; their resemblance to the 

 bodies of lice has no doubt oiven rise to the 



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name. 



Sesamum indicum, Linn. Pedalixe^. 



The Sesamum, l-anjuJ, hanjlf, lunjid, L'unjit ; Hindustani 

 til. Cultivated for its seed for oil, rdgJian-i-hinJld ; usually 

 grown in fields associated with melons and tobacco, as it 

 is a crop that recpiires free irrigation. The oil is employed 

 both as a burning oil, and in dietary. The seeds, tukm-i- 

 kojijid, are much used in confectionery. 



Setaria italica, Beam. Gramixe.e. 

 Syn. Penxisetum italicum, R. Br. 

 „ Paxicum italicum, Lin?i. 



Italian Millet. The plant, tdi/l, tinji, thugi; the seed, gdoras; 

 kanrjiil of the Punjab. Is cultivated largely, and employed 

 in the food of the people. 



Sha — *<i — or Hlid — aJ: — a king, a prince, great, 

 excellent. A term of excellence as applied to 

 the Spanish chestnut, Castanea vltlgaris, 

 sha-hcdut ; to the Mulberry, MoRUS nigra, 

 shd-tut. 



Shah — 1-*.^ — iiiglit, darkness. 



Shah-jxlra — s.'jkJ^ — [night-llyer], a bat ; shaprak 

 — v*J^jk^ — f<hahparak, sliauprah [the little 

 night-flyer] ; a small bat, the silkworm moth, 

 any moth, a butterHy. 



Shafta — axii; — thin, delicate, beautitul. 



Sit afta rang — ^ijSOi^ — [the l^eautiful coloured one]. 

 A nectarine with n swcft kciiul. 



