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^'^-l, s., a moment; ^-^ ^^ and ^I't^, s. and adv., a moment, for a moment. 

 ^tf^ (corrup. of ^C^f^, q.v. ?), adv., for a moment. Z)rt:c. 

 1%^ (Skt.) (i) thrown, cast; (2) deranged in mind, insane. 

 C^^tsl (Skt. =$w, a field), s., the occupier of a field ? 



«t 



^^t (we;^6a/ wo/m from -^IttCs, to eat), s., a small oval plot of ground enclosed with a 

 low bamboo fence, used as a manger for cattle, a manger. Chit. 



*#, s., a small stake in a fence. Chit. 



■»lf&i;^, v.n., to slip aside, slink away. Chit. 



■«lf$^1, s., post of a fence. C/?^Y. 



^ii^-^lvB, s., coarse grass dried, hay; paddy-straw, straw, gen. San grass. Jess. 



■^ (perh. from ^ above), s., basket. 24-Pargs. SeeC"^^. 



•«I^1 ( = *'«ltv5l), adj., upright, erect. Jess. 



•^tu^ (from ■«|v5l), v.n., to stand upright, to stand still. Jess. 



■«jf^ (connected with -^if^^l), s., a small stick, small rod. Maid. 



■i\vf [ = i;?'9[-^), s., a bond for money. Jess. 



*^^ (from Skt. root i^jt, to dig), s., a spade, hoe, paddle. Diction.; but generally a 

 staff with an oblong-shaped iron head (used for digging); the iron head itself. 

 Cent, and E. Beng. See ^^1. 



.;:<-«li^=:-?l^1. Cent, and E. Beng. 



=;'?-«l^ (prob. from Skt. ??jt, to dig), s., cultivation; crop. C. Beng. 



•^l^\ (from Pers. (.ai., angry), s., a mad hare-brained quarrelsome fellow. Maid. 



■n^ (perhaps from Skt. ^jt, virility), "^m <I>fM1, adv., thorougly, fully, completely. Maid. 



■«l? Clt^ (Pers. \^yi jjyJ^.., food and raiment), s., food and raiment, maintenance. 



•«rai> ^a, s., expenses. 



■?t?ftf^ (from ^-^l^t^, overbaked, parched), s.. dry season of the year (Novr. to May). 

 Raj. 



^■^JBl (from Pers. ^j^, expenditure), s., expenditure; costs of a law suit; anything 

 paid by a raiyat in excess of his legal rent and cesses. 



■#) (corrup= of %^<[, small, petty), adv., in small quantities, by retail. Jess. 



■^'^, s., closely woven bamboo fencing (r^-^tc^^pi). Raj. 



•«t«Tl (Skt. ?i^, a threshing-floor but compare •^f^ and C^tts^l), s., a threshing-ground, 

 threshing place, E. Beng. An open space in a bari, an angina, court-yard. Raj 

 The outer yard of a bari. Bog. A place where dhobis wash clothes, Dae. Pre- 

 pared ground for growing seedlings. Chit. 



■?l5Tf& (from •«N), s., an open space inside or on one side of a bari, an angina ( = ^^t^ 

 very nearly). Jess. 



■«tf51¥t^ (Hindi ?it%^Tsr and ?if^^T*T ; from Skt. ?l^ ; see ■«i;«11), s., a threshing-ground, 

 threshing-fldor, ge7i. An open space outside the bari, hence ^fil^t^ ^tf^, the outer 

 bari. Maid. 



