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Jjlf^i qirqavul, Mod 



Jlix mandl (the Monal Pheasant, Lophophxh 



rus Impeyanus) ; eJsfjj ly* murgh 4 zarrin 

 (ditto) : vide also Nye. 



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Pie, vide Magpie and Titengis. 



Piece, «fc£x> tika or < 



Pigeon, 1 Jj*f kabutar, Hindu, and Pers. (gen.) ij*j$ ^ gola Jca 



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butar, Hindu, (the domesticated blue-rock) ; ^^ fj*f 



kabutar-i khanagi (a domestic pigeon) ; ^\j^^> y^x' kabutar-i 



sahraj, Mod. Pers. (wild pigeon) ; ^^ yjtf kabutar-i chahl, 



Mod. Pers. (ditto ; lit. well pigeon). 

 Pill, vide Paste. 



Pill, or Pelf, [What is left of the quarry after the hawk has been 



fed on it. — Harting. In old English, pelf signifies trash, 

 and hence money. ' ' Pill or Pelfe of a f owle is that refuse 

 and broken remains winch are left after the Hawke hath 

 been relieved." — Latham]. 



%^jj parda-yi chashm, 

 ) ; ls)^ judari (prop. 



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small-pox ; explained in an Ind. Pers. MS. as a disease of 

 excrescences or marks in the eye; ulcer on the cornea ?) : 

 (3^ sulaq y Ar., and ^^ bamni, Hindi (a disease in which 



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the hawk's eyelashes fall out). Vide also Cataract. 

 Pincers, jtf gaz, Mod. Pers. (large) : <J$±* minqash, Mod. Pers. 



(tweezers for pulling out hairs). 



^i^tJ^t ekkagh 



Panj., (to reduce a hawk the thickness of a paper, i.e., the 

 least amount; do kaghaz to reduce it, double the previous 

 amount, etc.) : vide Raised. 



Pinion, to, vide Mail, to. 



Pinne in the feet, J& tali and e>^ taliyan pi., Panj. and Ind. 

 Pers. MS. : *^t^ mikhak, Mod. Pers. (when blackness is 



present) : U^ hufa 9 Ar., Pers. (when no blackness is present) ; 

 vide also Foot. 

 Pintail, vide Duck. 



1 Some orthodox Hindus consider the pigeon a bird of good omen 

 and will not eat its flesh. By the Hindus in some parts of India it is an 

 unlucky bird - it merely desires that its own race shall increase ; should a 

 pair build in the thatch, the house will become deserted. 



