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^ttt, s., an embankment. Chit. 



<Pt§t^^ (from ^^ and oy:, binding, constructing), s., constructing an embankment. 



Chit. 

 ^^ (from ^f^C^), s(?), cutting ; e.g. *ft^ M^^\ f^ltCW, he has gone to reap paddy. 



Maid. 

 '<^'^, s., a tortoise. Sylh, 

 ?rf^Tl, s., cane sandals (to protect the feet when walking over gufija thatching grass 



stubble). Chit. 

 ^t^, (from =;:=¥ti, wood), adj., having good wood (as trees), yielding valuable timber. 



Raj. 

 <^^p] (from *^, wood), s., jungle. Maid. 

 ^=-^^. Chit. 



^^WitUi, v.a., to plough (land). Mid. 



^itStWl (from *^^, a kind of drum), s., a kind of drum. Jess. 

 ^ifs (prob. from Skt. ^?!i, a stalk, stem), s., paddy-stalks, paddy-straw. Maid. 

 ^t1%i:^, v.a., to tear, rend. .SyZ/z. 

 ^^rtf^^ s., a small pitcher. Jess. 

 ^\5«^, 5., a heifer. C7z//. 



'W\'[\b > s., the rear of a house ; Jess. The eave or edge of the thatch (at the back of 

 *^'^tf5 i a house). 24-Pargs. 

 ^^tf^ (from Skt, '^m, the ear), s., a corner. Raj. 

 <^fh, s., a square measure of land, 12 nals long and 10 broad (the nal = 7|- hats, and 



the hat = 18 inches), i.e. i,68yl sq. yds. (rather more than a standard bigha). It 



is also used as a measure of length and then means 12 nals or 45 yds. Chit. ; Tip. 

 ^■Q (Skt. ^T?!|, portion of a work or of a book), s., deed, action, matter, affair, tran- 

 saction. Raj. ; Jess. 

 ^-Ql (corrup. of Skt. m^, the shoulder ?), s., the bank of a khal (a tidal stream). 



Khul. 

 ?>tat^f^ (from ^^1, q.v. and ?), s., uncultivable lands on the bank of a khal. Khul. 

 ^tf^ (from Skt. wrm, a cluster), s., a whole stalk-ful of plaintains. Hug. 

 M'^, prep., for, on account of ; in, among. Chit. ; Jess. 

 ^t^v\\ (from Jli, slaughter ?), s., a forked wooden frame used by Hindus for slaughtering 



buffaloes and goats. (The head is fixed in the fork and cut off with a sword). 



Raj. 

 ^^^=t\m, q.v. 



^^5t«1 (from Skt. W[, to cut), s., a kind of dao ( = -«ft^5l). Jess. 

 ^fst^, s., a long dao, sometimes sacrificial. How. 



^M? ?f^ (from *<[5t«t?, a line and <^h , binding, constructing), adv., in a line, in a row. 

 *^tst1ll, s., a small flatfish earthen pot with a wide mouth. Maid. 

 *^^ (from Skt. w^, mud, clay), s., mud, mire. ^tff1 ^^«, to smooth down the clods 



after ploughing. 

 ^Kf«1, s., a hill-stream. Chit. 

 ^t1%, s., the earthen floor of a house, the basement. Ra]. 



