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Wedge. See Plough. 



Weed, to, nalaund, v.a. 



Weeded, to be, nalnd, v.a. 



Weeds, arangd, n.m. 



Weights, bat, n.m. (for scales). 



Well, (1) drinking well, panghat, n.m.; (2) for watering 

 cattle, pihi kd kund] (3) an unlined well, fallen in, jherd, 

 n.m.; (4) a shallow hole, dug in the ground for drinking, 

 nidman, n.m. (the word seems to belong to the south of 

 the district) ; (5) generally, kud or kund, n.m. ; (6) the 

 principal parts of a well are (a) collective name for super- 

 structure of a well, dhdnd, n.m. — consisting of (b) stone 

 slab on which the well bucket is emptied, sil, n.f ; (c) cross 

 beam or stone across the mouth of well on which the 

 superstructure is raised, dehli, n.f.; (d) two uprights at 

 each end of above, on which the beam supporting the 

 wheel is fixed, otd, n.m., otrd, n.m.; (e) horizontal beam 

 on above, pat, n.m. ; (/) two small uprights resting on 

 above in which the axle tree of well wheel is fixed, guddi. 

 n.f.; (g) the well wheel, bhaun, n.m. (of a drinking well, 

 bhauni, n.f.) and (h) the axle tree of the wheel, dhurd, 

 n.m., kand, n.m.; (i) the yoke, collectively, jur, n.m., 

 consisting of (j) upper wooden bar, jud, n.m.; (k) lower 

 wooden bar, parallel to above, taloti, n.f. ; (I) ropes joining 

 these two at extremities, ndngld, n.m. ; (m) battens across 

 the jud and taloti, gatd, n.m., or covered with leather. 

 chamgatd, n.m., and (n) rope on the jud into which the 

 Ido is fixed, ndndni, n.f. ; (o) the well rope, Ido, n.f. or in 

 drinking well, neju, n.f. ; (p) the twisted end of the Idointo 

 which a peg fits and joins it to the ndndni, punjri, n.f. ; (q) the 

 block to which the Ido is fastened, karku, n.m. , bhirrd. n.m. ; 

 (r) two iron rings which join the block and the next follow- 

 ing item, bali, n.f. ; (s) cross iron bars over the ring of the 

 bucket, bouji, n.f. ; (t) the iron ring to which the bucket is 

 attached, mandal, n.m.; (u) the well bucket, chars, n.f.; 

 (v) a wooden bar, leather covered, making a lip to prevent 

 the water tilting back into the well when the bucket is put 

 down full, gatd, n.m. ; (w) the slope down which the bul- 

 locks pull, gaun, n.f , at the top of which, mard } n.m... they 

 are yoked. 

 Note. — These terms aie liable to variation in different parts 

 of the district, and are markedly different among the dhir- 

 vdti speaking people of the kachchd well tract. 



Well-behaved, sudhd, adj. 



Well-finished, kdmal, adj. (Urdu pakkd). 



Well-living, lard, adj. 



Well-sinking, a system of, under which one's friends and neigh- 



bours contribute their labour in return for feasting, pasara, 

 n.m. 



