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and tail and fonr black legs: teliyd samand, a very dark dnn with 

 black legs, and black mane and tail : samand-i qdnun, obs., as before 

 but still darker: samand-i siynh znnii, a dun with four black stock- 

 ings : samand-i gul-ddr, a dappled dun: qtilld or qiild (T. ?), a 

 bright red-dan that is almost a light bay, with dun mane and tail, 

 and black " list" : sandall, adj., of the colour of sandal-wood, i.e., a 

 light dun with the same coloured mane and tail : hordd, a dull dun 

 (the colour of country leather) with black stripes on its legs : zarda, 

 a term applied in manuscripts to all duns ; is regarded as a radical 

 and auspicious colour in horses and is compared to the yellow of gold 

 or the yellow in the interior of the nilufar or white water-lily ; the 

 skin should be of the same colour as the hair. 



Dung — lid, f., dung of horses, mules, asses, or elephants : pishhdl or 

 pishkal, and menghl, the hard dung of goats, sheep, and camels : 

 gobar, m., H., cow-dung : upld, m., H., cakes of cow-dung worked up 

 for burning : sargin, m.. P., cow- or horse-dung. 



Dysentery — peckish, f., H. : vide Mucus. 



Dyspepsia — hddi, dyspepsia and indigestion. 



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Ear — Tcdn, m., H. : Tcanotl, f., H., tip of the ear of a man, a horse, or any 



animal. 

 " Eared " — gosh-ddr, adj., said of a horse with a third ear growing out 



of the root of one ear : unlucky. 

 Elbow — agU-huhm, f., H. : mirfaq, Ar. : vide Capped-elbow. 

 Elephantiasis— /iZ-pa, lit. " elephant-foot." 

 " Elephant-skin " — gaj-cMrm, subs., an incurable disease in which the 



skin thickens in parts, assuming the speckled appearance of an 



elephant's skin. 

 " Elephant-toothed " — vide Tusk. 

 Enema — huqna, an enema and also its contents : huqna Jcamd, v. [An 



ordinary enema for a horse is a quart of milk, 2 lbs. of melted butter, 



^ lb. of honey, and white sugar. The Indian enema consists of a 



leather bag with a tube.] 

 Enteritis — hoghma. 

 Entire — dndu, adj. (of any animal) : nar-ghord, subs. : vide also Stallion 



and TJncastrated. 

 Epilepsy — mirgl, f., H. 

 Erysipelas — surkh-hdd ; sometimes this disease is called zahr-bdd, but 



vide Lymphangitis. 

 Ewe-necked — vide " Strap-necked " : shutur-gardan, long-necked and also 



ewe-necked (lit. "camel-necked "). 

 Excrescence — thani, {., wart-like excrescences at the mouth of the 



sheath, the size of a date ; manl, the same if very small ; latter not a 



defect. A horse possessing these is called thani-ddr or mani-da^. 



