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Eye — dnkh, f., H.: ndkhuna, chemosis; infiltration, usually inflamatory, of 

 the conjunctiva and of the cellular tissue connecting it with the 

 eyeball, in which the conjunctiva rises up to a considerable height 

 around the cornea ; also chymosis. PTiuli, opacity of the cornea, 

 vide Opacity : cMnt, f., H., speck (in eye or elsewhere) : Us Til nazar 

 achchhl hai, " he has a good eye for a horse." Vide Black-eyed. 



Eyelash — papm, f., H. 



Eyelid — koya, m., eyelid ; the canthus of the eye. 



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False Gelding — vide Gelding. 



Farcy — vide Glanders : bel, khundm, gum-ndm, and had-ndm are all 

 dealers' terms for the same disease. 



Fabkier — na'l-hand, shoeing-smith : haytdr, Ar., a shoeing-smith as well 

 as a veterinary surgeon : sdlotri, H., veterinary surgeon. 



" Favour," to — hdth (yd pd,on) bachdnd, to favour a leg ; vide Tender. 



Fawn — Shlrdzi, lit. the colour of the Shirdzl breed of pigeon, that is, 

 fawn with white belly and four white legs : mirgd, H., and ghizdll, 

 P., fawn-coloured all over, lit. " gazelle-coloured." 



Feather — bhaunrl, bhdnwari, Hindi, and pech-i mu, P., a " feather " in 

 the coat of a horse. Feathers have endless names expressive of 

 good or bad luck according to their position, number, and shape ; 

 the following are a few examples : Jchosha (lit. " bunch of grapes, 

 an ear of com or a cluster") was a Moghul term for two or more 

 feathers on the forehead : dogar, the Panjabi name for the same : 

 sengan or chimtd sengan (probably connected with the word s7ngh — a 

 horn), qaincM, "scissors," and mendha — "a ram" (butting to 

 misfortune), were terms for these feathers where one was above the 

 other : mdrut {lit. " elephant's trunk ") name of a feather behind 

 the knees or near the scrotum. 



Feed — nihdri, morning-feed ; also extra food ; or the pick-me-up given 

 to ekJcd ponies, &c., on a journey : ^ ddna, m., grain, often used for 

 the evening feed ; colloquially often means '' gram." 



Feeder — kam-khor, adj., a poor-feeder: petil, adj., greedy-feeder (lit. 

 glutton) : bhukel, Panj., and bhukkar in Behar (always hungry). 



Feet — vide Canker. 



Fennel — saunf, Hindi; bddydn, Turki and Pers., Foeniculum vnlgare. 



Fenugreek — methl, H. 



Fetlock — mutthd, m., of fore- or hind-leg. 



Fever— ^ajo-i larza, s.m., ague : balghmi tap, a bad feverish cold. 



Fill, TO (op leg) — pay and ; or pay (or nas) men warm and : vide Sprain. 



Filly — vide Foal. 



• 2 ozs. turmeric, with up to 1 lb. of gvr or raw sugar, and an equal amount of 

 dtd or coarse flour, is an ordinary receipt. 



