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Black — In India and in Persia a black horse is styled mushhl or mushJcln, 

 from mtishk, " musk." Mushhl or mushkin is properly jet-black and 

 shiny. (One Indian writer uses siydh to signify a dull black or 

 brown.) MalUkdksha, S., obs. black with two wall-eyes and four 

 white stockings. Adham, At., a stable-term amongst Arabs for 

 black ; amongst Indians it was regarded as a radical and auspicious 

 colour ; by adham the Indians meant real black " like the black-bee, 

 or the male ko,el, or the black buffalo " ; the word is obsolete in 

 India. 



" Black-kyed " — qara-quz, T., " black-eyed," a term now obsolete in 

 India. 



" Black-eared " — shdm-karan, S., with black tips to the ears ; term 

 practically obsolete. 



" Black-kneed " — vide Stocking. 



'■ Black-tongued " — siydh-zahdn, adj., " black-tongued " ; and siydh- 

 tdlu, adj., " with black palate " : unlucky, except in a black horse. 



Bladder — phunkni, f., H. (of animals) : masdna, Ar., gen. 



Blanket — kambal or kammal, m., H. : dhussd. 



Blaze — qashqa or qashqd, T., the sect-mark on the forehead of Hindus; 

 and hence any white mark on the forehead of a horse : mdh-ric, adj. 

 and subs., lit. " moon-faced," with the whole face white, i.e., with a 

 blaze extending to the eyes in a broad stripe down the nose = 

 ghurrah sd,ilah, Ar., with a blaze extending to the eyes, the white 

 also " flowing down " to the nose in a broad stripe, " the breadth of 

 the whole nose" : shakil, with a narrow reach : ^aqrab, lit. "scorpion," 

 any white on the forehead if it has coloured hairs in it, a broken 

 blaze: pach- or pdnch-kaliydn, Urdu, adj., with four white stockings 

 and a blaze ; vide Stocking, Reach, and Star. 



Blazed — agharr, Ar., marked with a ghurrah, vide supra and Star. 



Bleed, to — fasd kholnd, to let the blood by opening a vein. 



Blinker — kan-pattd, m., H. 



Blister — '^pldstar*' (Eng.),lagdnd, to apply a blister: chhald, m., H. 

 (jparnd), the pustule. 



Blood — lohu, m., H. : khun, m., P. : vide also Thorough-bred, and 

 Humour. 



" Blotched " — kanhwd, H., with blotches of black, white, and chesnnt : 

 vide Spotted. 



Blue-stone — nili-tutiyd, f., H. 



" Boar-tusked " — vide Tusk. 



Bob-tailed — landurd or lundd, H. 



Body-roller — fardkhi, f. 



BoG-SPAViN — vide Spavin. 



Boil -phord, m., H. : dumbal, m., P. 



Bone — haddi, f., H. : khdrnosha, turbinated bone (near nostrils). 



Borax — suhdgd, vol., H. 



