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aw: go=speaker. The Ka- | Delawn, dalan—a drying 
nungo locally represented the 
sashes awe Sahat ari iid Deloll. dallal—a broker, an 
ae sherk rel abe ivators im the agent between the paikar 
Trees assossinens. and the purchaser of finished 
Corconna, karkhaina—a place 
where work is done, work- 
shop. 
Corge —a score. 
Cossaes, plur. From Arabic 
as ssa = special, or from Per- 
Fine mus- 
Cosseed—a running footman or 
messenger. 
Course. koss — the distance 
the voice can carry. a mea- 
sure of distance varying very 
considerably in different | 
parts of India. 
Covet, covid—an ell, cubit. 
Cozzee, kazi—a Muhammadan 
judge. 
Croury, krori—a revenue col- 
ip we to the extent of a kror 
f dams; generally an over- 
rath 
Cucherry. kachari— “cut- 
cherry.”’ 
Cundegur, khandigar—a 
worker in horn or ivory. 
Cundy—calendaring cloth. 
id nurd—calendaring cloth 
a roll 0 
er-machine 
eR it. 
Cutwull [Coutwall}, kotwal— 
peace officer of the night. a 
magistrate. 
— ee se ae pot 
vanced to 
pa Bat ena 
Dandy, dandi—a boatman. 
Deans, a. aise aa en- 
couragem: 
manufacture. 
Dingee, dingi—a small boat 
or skiff. 
Doorea, dareya—striped cloth 
piece-goods. 
Droga, darogha—an officer. 
Duan, diwan—the head of the 
revenue department. 
Duffter, daftar—office. 
Durbar, darbar—court. 
Dussara, dasahara—Hindu fes- 
tival. 
Dustick. dastak—a pass. 
Dustore, dastair—custom, al- 
lowance 
Elatches. plur.  alatches— 
Silk cloths with a navy 
aha running lengthwise. ’ 
[Temple]. 
Erindie anes is the castor 
silk they spin is called arindi. 
Essay, assay—test of purity 
of precious metal. 
Ezarra, ijara—farm or lease. 
Fousdar—Fauj =army : dar 
holding. itary com- 
mander in charge of a dis- 
trict. 
— 
— 
Gaum, gaon—a ee 
Gentoo, see Jentue. 
Gomustah, gumashtah 
(usually gomasthar) — De- 
d from Persian ver b 
Gumashtan ‘ to commission.” 
An agent on commission. 
Gongar, gunagar—a criminal. 
