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t*t, s., the shaft of a plough. Chit. 



=;;=t'ft3^ (from French escritoire), s., a small box. Raj. 



tW^ (Eng. screw), s., a screw. 



^^j inter]., expressing hesitation, or used when hesitating. Jess. 



^, pronoun, that. ^'^?, his. Chit. 



^^^=:^^^^ prep., on, upon. Chit. 



^^(, particle ( = ^, f^), used with numerals and pronouns to denote things and with 



nouns to particularise, e.g. J^ts '^^\, seven things; ^. ^^1, how many (things); C^ 



^^ ^^1, that particular night. Chit. See ^^1. 

 ^I"^?,, adv., there, in that place. Chit. 

 ^tp\ (Eng. will), s., a will, a testament. 

 ^tf^ (pronounced wiski), s., the portion of a thatched roof projecting beyond the 



walls, the eave. Maid. 

 ^tf% (pronounced wiski; prob. connected with ^1%C5, to stir up, excite), s., hard 



breathing, difficult breathing. Maid. 

 ^^f^C^ (pronounced wiskite ; from ^tf^), v.n., to breathe hard or with difficulty. 



Maid. 

 ^^1 (corrupt, of %^1, a torch), s., a wisp of straw, a torch. Maid. 

 ^f% (connected with u- J^l, sickness at the stomach, inclination to vomit), s., vomiting. 



Maid. See ^f^fil. 

 ^f%«?i (from Jxi'j, an agent, representative), s. (i) an authorized agent, especially in 



legal matters ; (2) one of the highest class (vakil) of legal practitioners; (3) the 



agent for the bride (?) in a Mohammedan marriage ceremony. 

 ^^c1, s., a louse. Chit. 



^f^f^ (connected with ^j%, ^.i'., and ^I5t^c», to toss about), s., vomiting. Maid. 

 ^f^s^ftCs (from ^f^f^), v,n., to vomit. Maid. 



^55t (corrupt, of ^^f^, a plant ?), s., a kind of vegetable. £. Beng. See ^'ft. 

 ^^ttc^ (from ^^, 5".^., with perhaps ^tf^C^, to come), v.n., to approach direct, go 



straight towards. Its imperative ^Wt^, "come straight here!" is used as a cry 



for help. E. Beng. 

 ^srt^ (Urdu ^J-^^ , from *^W^), af/y., and adv., up-stream, against the tide; opposed to 



^jf^ q.v. 

 ^®rt«1 (from ^s?^«i, blazing), s., a torch made of a bundle of split bamboos. Chit. 

 ^^ (prob. from Sansk. root ^sT, to make straight or m^, straight), adj., right in front; 



straight, up-right. E. Beng. 

 ^5|31 (from Skt. ^^ ; Hindi ^=^T and ^=^T), adj., high, lofty. 

 ^"^^C^ [cans, of ^^f^C^ which means the same ; deriv. uncertain), v. a., to seek, 



search for, hunt about for. Raj. 

 ^fS ^tC^ (from ^f^C"5, to rise up), v.n., to stand out, to keep off (from the land or 



from another boat); opposed to I?tf*1 ^lf?|{;^, q.v. nautical : (2) to emigrate (with 



ablat.). 



