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the body to which handle, share, shaft, etc., are fixed, 

 hal, n.m. ; the yoke, jud, n.m. ; strip of wood supporting 

 the share, panihdri, n.f ; wedge rammed under the plough 

 to tighten the share, pachheld, n.m. ; iron band clamping 

 share and supporting wood, andi, n.f. ; wooden wedge fix- 

 ing the halas into the hal, 6g, n.m. ; small peg in halas 

 admitting of adjustment of the yoke, nardhli, n.f.; nadhel, 

 n.f. ; small iron peg in bottom of halas which prevents 

 detachment from hal, nesang, n.m. ; leather strap joining 

 yoke to plough, ndri, n.f. ; leather strap passing from yoke 

 beneath the bullock's neck, jot, n.m.; pegs in yoke each 

 side of bullock's neck, simal, n.f. ; sheath or button put on 

 point of share when not in use, purli, n.f.; mdni, n.f.; 

 plough rest to support it when driven to the fields, halsan , 

 n.f.; ghins, n.f.; gandsd, n.m.; bamboo reed drill, ornd, 

 n.m. 



Plough, ploughed land, bdhn, n.m. 



Ploughing, bah, n.m. ; bdhn, n.m. ; a light ploughing, khori, n.f. ; 

 second ploughing, dosar, n.m.; third, tisar, n.m.; fourth, 

 chausar, n.m. 



Ploughman, hdli, n.m. 



Plough- rest 1 a ^ ^ 



Ploughshare V ^ s. Plough. 



Pluck, karr, n.f. (" sticking to it"). 



Plug, to, mundnd y v. a. (of a leakage). 



Pneumonia, karak, n.f. 



Pocket, in a man's coat, gojh, n.f.; in a boy's chddar, gojhd, 



n.m. 

 Pod, of gram, with the pea intact, tat, n.f. ; ditto, after thresh- 

 ing, tdtas, n.f. 

 Poet, kab, n.m.; kaverd, n.m. 

 Point, ani, n.f. 

 Pole, the pole round which the bullocks rotate in threshing, 



medh, n.f. 

 Pond, (1) a big village pond, johar, n.m.; (2) smaller, jonri, 

 n.f.; (3) a small pond in the jungle, ddbrd, n.m., let. n.f. ; 

 (4) poetically, sarwar, n.m. 

 Pony, ghortd, n.m. (a small pony). 



Poor, in quality, bodd, adj ; kutdn, adj. See penniless, etc. 

 Porridge, half-ground wheat, jowdr or bdjrd, cooked in water, 



dalyd, n.m. 

 Possession of, in, dhore, postp. (the Urdu pas). 

 Pot, (1) a large brass pot for water or ghi, toknd, n.m. ; smaller, 



tpkni, n.f. ; (2) pot for melting ghi, ghilri, n.f. ; (3) see also 

 Waterpot , Vessels ; (4) a set of earthen pots supplied by kv m- 

 hdrs at marriage, lik, n.f. 

 Potsherds, thekar, n.m.; by these a roster is determined, so, 



thekar did chaukiddr, the man whose turn it is to keep 

 guard. 



