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^t^? {perh. ^^1%^j to ooze, trickle), s., a small water-way (in an embankment) ( = ^1). 



Chit. 

 ^^?( (Pers. !i;ljf scattered), adj., unclaimed (as property, waifs and strays). Chit. 

 #t^ {corrup. of ^^i^), pron., I. Chit. 

 ^^ (Eng. auger), s., an auger. 24-Pargs. 

 M^, s., a guess. H^ig. 



^t5\5, s., furrow. Rang. , , 



%:5t«1 (*^t5«11), s., the loose upper part of a woman's sari. 2/\-Pargs. 

 *^t5«11, s., the edge or hem of a garment, ^icz!. A fringe, broidered fringe. Pub. 

 #t®f1 = ^®r1, q.v. Tip. 

 ^tS = tt^. 24-Parg's. 



"srt^S (^tv5, ^.y.), s., a bamboo rail (used for hanging things on in a house). Jess. 

 ^v5l (=^®rf^1), s., a trench. Jess. 



^1%, s., part of a bamboo with one node, forming a kind of cup. Jess. 

 ^t1%in (Skt. ^m, a testicle; comp. Hindi ^Erriif, having large testicles), s., a bull. 

 ^^, (perhaps ^^S^l ) s., lying-in room. 24-Pargs. see ^'^^ 

 ^f^l (corrup. of ^5f:gi)^ /)row., we. Chit. 

 ^pWf\ (?) (see 4t5«n), s., abairagi's alms-bag. /^-ss. 

 -5(1^51 ^f<pf5 (^t^I-^sf f )^ s., mutual enmity. 24-Pargs. 



^t^^1, adj., costly, dear, expensive. Hiig. . . 



^rt^^tf (from ^^ '^■fcf), a<i?J., before or behind. Jess. 

 =V5^t^ (said in the diet., to be corrupt, of ^]%^1 from Skt. ^^ and ^fsff^T, a fire-place ; 



but see ^t<Ft-5), s., a hole or small pit dug in the ground and used as a fire-place 



for cooking. Raj. 

 *^t<PI^1 (from ^1 negative and <Ff5l, cut), adj., uncut, unreaped. Jess. 

 ^rW^I (from "srl negative and ^t^, wood), adj., not having good wood, not yielding 



valuable timber (as mango trees, babul trees, etc.). Raj . 

 ^^■5 (see ^t^1), s., mud hearth ( = ^fit^). Hug. 

 *^ft<Pt^ (^1 negative and <fW\, time), s. , time of famine. Bog. 

 "srtf^ff, s., kind of ear-ring. Jess. 

 ^sft^^ttCi (from ci.i^l seizing, intercepting ?), v. a., to go in front of a person and stop 



him (when running away), to intercept. Jess, see "Sffnf^ Wtf^H's. 

 ^^1 (corrupt, of ^^'^), adj., castrated, gelt. 

 ^rf^31t^fyf (corrupt, of ^t-^t^r), s., hostility, ill-feeling. Dae. 

 ^•«f^ (from ^^ I) =^-?jS7 which is more common. E. Beng. 

 ^•«lt^f^, s., arm-pit. Dae. 



^t"*ftT? (from ^\ or less properly "s^^ sugar-cane), s., sugar-cane field. Bardh 

 ^t%1 (connected no doubt with ^N^1, an assembly or place for singing, dancing etc.), 



s., a place where bairagis live and perform their devotions, etc., Dae. A hermit- 

 age. Chit. 

 ■^^t?;'^^ (or ^N^. from J.i-)), ,s., hostiHty, enmity, ill-feeling, animosity. E. and C. 



Beng. 

 ^t.-m (see ^tf^Rl), s., Hindu temple. CA/^. 



