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hall, a place where public matters are discussed , a court house. (25) 

 Béchék, muddy, miry, soft and dirty as the earth after rain. 



Be dag, to overtake, to come up with di udag kabedag , chasing him he overtook him. 

 Bëdah, torn, burst, rent asunder: to open or make new Sawahs-Bhédya C. 499, broken 



rent, torn. 

 Bédah, different, varying, other, distinct, separate- Béda, C. 479 dissention, disagree- 



nient; or from Bhéda, C. 499, dividing, separating; distinction , sort, difference. 



(Skr. bhêda). 

 Bëdah ken, to make any opening for water to run out: to make a gap. 

 B ë d a k , a cosmetic for the skin , made from rice-fiour and mixed with something to scent 



it. It is kept as a powder and when wanted for use is mixed with a little water, and 



then rubbed on the skin ; much usecl by young women. 

 Bëdamé, at peace , reconciled, of one mind, concord. 

 Bëdas, strong , powerful. 

 Bëdaya, women who sing and dance before native chiefs. Called in Bantam Réjang. The 



Bedoyo of the Javanese. 

 Bëdil, a gun, a hand gun, a fowling piece. Wedi or Wédilla, C. 668. shooting, ex- 



plosion. 

 Bëdodon, a kind of trap set to take fish wherever there is a small fall of water ; the 



water passes through leaving the fish. A small temporary Sacipa. 

 Bëdog, a common chopper, or cutting instrument worn by every native, and usecl for 



cutting wood &c. 

 B ë d o 1 , burst , as a dam or embankment swept away by water. 

 B ë d u g , a drum , viz. a hollow cylinder of wood with a hide stretched over only one end, 



the other end being left open. Such bedugs are hung up in the mosques to call the 



people to prayers, to give notice of a death &c, and are beat on all occasions of alarm. 



To nyalxo di palobah bedug , he does not know where abouts the bedug hangs, a sly 



way of saying he never goes to the mosque to say his prayers , and thus does not even 



know where the bedug is to be founcl. 

 B e d u 1 , a pig, swine ; an opprobrious epithet. 



Bégal, to way lay, the act of high way robbery or murder- a high way man. 

 Beg-breg, the breaking or snapping of sticks or young trees , as when some wild beast 



rushes along : to fling down in a confused heap. 



(25) It is a corruption of the Skr. Wichara fMalay bichara), the exercise of judgment or reason on 

 present object, investigation , consideration. deliberation ; discussion , dispute. Wilson. The Malay bichar, 

 means to speak deliberately , to discuss. Fr. 



