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•?t«T5l (from Skt. ?i^), s., a threshing-ground ; a piece of open ground in the outer part 

 of a bari. Maid. 



*"«I«T^, s., an encasement (generally of silver) around the top of the body (c^ft^) and 

 the bottom of the pipe (*{v\)^ oi a hukka. Jess. 



■i\v[7^] [ = -!^v\^), s., closely woven bamboo fencing. Raj. 



■«t^? (corrup. '^^?), s., a father-in-law. Dae. 



■^\t (from *-«rttu^j to eat), s., eating, feeding ; -^ITt ^^T, s., eating and feasting, the being 

 on terms of dining together. 



■*lt^1 (connected with "^f^?!!), s., a log of wood; a mattock. 



■»itl^¥l (from ^§1), s., a large block of wood, a log. Raj. 



■^'It.'^, s., subscription, contribution. Chit. 



^Q^t?n (from ■?rftC'5 to eat), s., an eater, a person to be fed. Chit. 



■«rf^«n (from •«rttC's), s., eating, feasting. Chit. 



^?I1, s., the R. Karnaphuh. Chit. 



♦•^iff^ (from Skt. mn a fissure, a chasm), s., an inlet, firth, strait, Diction. ; the chan- 

 nel of a river, Chit. ; a water-course, channel, nullah. 



^1% (see (M\), adj., newly born. Maid. 



■«lt^l (Pers. ^f^^y^ a small tray ?), s., a large strong open-frame basket. 24-Paygs. 



^, s., a liaison (=^«rtt). Dae. 



*-*ftl^ (from ■?ltt;, small, in Diction. ; but perhaps connected with *'*I'N upright and 

 Hindi w^ upright, honest, all right), adv., clean, explicit. Diction. ; but generally 

 exactly, precisely, accurately. 



♦•^Itl^ns, v.n., to work, labour; to operate, take effect; C^ "^Jtl^^, to work as a la- 

 bourer, fwfff ■'Itf&r.'S, to undergo a term of imprisonment, gen. ; -^ttt^ ^i^, verbal 

 partieip. used as adv., by labour, with exertion, with pains. •'Itl^ ^1¥ •^ttu«, to 

 work as a labourer, 2^-Pargs. ^f^J •«Itt^?;^, to do manual labour, work as a la- 

 bourer, Raj. 



■*lTf^¥l (prob. corrup. from <Pt^, wood; compare -^ttf), s., a piece of wood used by gold- 

 smiths for beating out metal. Raj. 



^1t, s., a small enclosure made in a tank to catch fish in. Chit. 



•«lt| (prob. corrup. of *^^; compare ^\%^\), adj., hard, difficult; e.g. ^5| -^tt^ -^sfsf, I am 



hard of hearing. Raj. 

 *'«Itv5l, a^/., erect, upright ; direct, exact (apphed to direction), e.g. •*rt^1 ^«?f, due 



north, gen. : high, lofty, ( =^5P1), Dae. 

 ^ (perhaps corrup. of t^^ a scymitar), s., a kind of dao with which goats are sacri- 

 ficed (=^"s1). Jess. 

 -irf^ (from *'*rt^1 high), s., height, altitude. Maid. 



**rr^ (connected with vSkt. w^^ a bracelet?), s., a kind of bracelet; an anklet. In 

 'some districts it means the former, in others (e.g. Jess.) the latter; in Chit, it 

 means both. Its shape varies in different districts. 



^^'fsl (perhaps from Arab. '^^ hand-writing ; a letter : and *-^ s, a writing, a letter, 

 bond: compare *-«lt^^, a debtor), s., an account-book, gew .• an agreement, con- 

 tract (e.g. to grow indigo for another person), Jess. 



