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APPENDIX "0" 



VOCABULARY OF TECHNICAL TERMS 



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Abdomen — ■pet, m., H. 



Abyssinian — habasM, a Kabuli breed in which the coat consists of tight 

 curls. 



Acid — tezab, m. 



Aged — panj-sdla, adj., five-year-old; shash-sala, adj., six-year-old (also 

 incorrectly chha-sdla) ; male-panj, according to most ten-year and 

 upwards, but according to some twelve-year and upwards. 



Ague — vide Fever. 



Ajfrl,iy — The Bishop's Weed ; Ajava seeds ; Garum copticum. A 

 variety of " ajwd,in " is chhori-ajwdn, the seeds of Gleome viscosa. 

 Another is khurdsdnl ajwdn, the seeds of Hyoscyartms niger, black 

 henbane : vide Cumin and Caraway seed. 



Adbino — vide White. 



Aloes — eluwd, m., H. 



Alum — pMtkarl, f., H. : 



Amble — yur gh a, T., and hamlaja, Ar. : ruhdl (chalnd) probably a 

 corruption of rahwdr, Per. (in this pace " the water of the stomach 

 should not be shaken ") : in one Indian- Persian manuscript raftdr 

 is used for ambling, pacing, &c. Bahwdr was a slow amble 

 (probably a natural run or shuffle) used for long distances ; the 

 pace did not tire the horse and a footman could keep up with the 

 rider : do-gdma more artificial than rahwdr ; it was a showy amble 

 or walk, a bazar pace ; " the horse threw out its forefeet in a 

 graceful circle that delighted the beholders " ; the pace, though 

 easy for the rider, soon tired the horse : shdh-gdm, a kind of 

 do-gdma : yurgha, T., was in India a fast kind of rahwdr, a pace 

 easy to horse and rider : ehiya, H., obs., was like yurgha, but not so 

 easy to the rider, perhaps it was " pacing." All the previous paces 

 come under the head of qadam : vide Walk. 

 Anasarca — tabaq (Idnd) : vide Lymphangitis. 

 Anoint — chuparnd, to anoint, to smear, grease, oil. 



Anus — vide Thighs. Sdgharl, space between the tail and the anus, in a 

 horse or ass ; also the space covered by the tail : colloquially it 

 sometimes means the quarters : ghore-ne kaisi sdg^ari ddl-rdkhl hai, 

 is said of a horse so pig-fat that it has a channel down the centre of 

 its back. 

 Aphth(e — anchhar, also dnshld, thrush in the mouth and tongue. 



