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Billhook, for stripping sugarcane and reaping, ddti, ddnti or 



drdnti, n.f. 



Bin (1) a receptacle of clay for storing grain, kothi, n.f. ; (2) 



the same but smaller, kuthld, n.m. ; (3) smaller still, kuthli, 

 n.f. 



Bind, to, to bind a pagri carefully, chindrnd, v. a. 

 Bird, chiri, n.f. 

 Bitterness, karwdn, n.f. 

 Blank, unused, kord, adj. 



Blanket, kdmal, n.m. ; lighter, kdmli, n.f. 



Blights, (1) wheat rust, roll, n.f. ; (2) an insect that blights 



wheat when rain is excessive, kungi, n.f., pungi, n.f.; (3) a 

 very small fly that injures wheat, ala, n.m. ; (4) an insect 

 that blights b&jra, ghadhi, n.f. ; (5) an insect that injures 

 sugarcane, kansud, n.m. ; (6) rust on jowdr and bdjrd, khowd, 

 n.m. ; (7) grasshopper that damages young millets and 

 gram, pharkd, n.m.; (8) an insect that damages young 

 crops, sundi, n.f. 



Blindish, nearly blind, jdkhrd, adj. 



Blockhead, bharwd, n.m* 



Bloom, the white powdery bloom which protects the ripening 



jowar and bajra, bur, n.m. 



Blooming, lataurd, adj. 



Blow, to, jhulnd, v.n. ; dholnd, v.n. 



Bodice, a girl's bodice, kurti, n.f. 



Body, dehi, n.f. ; gdt, n.m. ; pindi, n.f. ; sarir, n.m. ; ang, n.m. 



Boil, pakewd, n.m. ; gumri, n.f. 



Boil, to, of vegetables, pulses or anything in water or milk, 



rdndhnd, v. a. 

 Bone, karang, karank. n.m. 

 Boundary, (1) sim, n.f., the circuit of a village's lands ; (2) or, 



n.f., generally ; (3) boundary pillar between two villages, 



odd, n.m. ; (4) trijunction boundary pillar, tyaunkhd, n.m.; 



(5) edge ridge of fields, daul, n.f. 

 Bowels, of the earth, paintdl, n.m. 

 Boy, (1) generically, chhord, chhorat, n.m. ; (2) boy under 15 or 



so, tdbar (used chiefly in the south of the district). 

 Bracelet. See Jewellery. 

 Bracket, a small mud bracket on wall, tdndi, n.f. ; small wooden 



bracket to hold lamp, dawdt, n.f. 

 Brahman, Bdhman, n.m. 

 Braid, to, gundnd, v. a. 



Branch, of a tribe or race, khdp, n.f. ; of a tree, ddl, n.f. 

 Bread. See Wheat. 

 Bread-carrier, rotihdr, n.f. 



Breast-covering, worn by married women, angi, n.f. 

 Breeze. See Wind. 

 Bribe, bribery, kor, n.m. 

 Bride, bauri, n.f. 



