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of earth (placed to mark the boundary of a field) ; (3) a silkworm-cocoon ; (24- 



Pargs.) 

 ■^1 adj., middle, central (applied to situation) ; e.g. ^^f^1 the middle para (of a 



village). Raj. 



(connected with Hindi ^jtsit to turn, go round), s., a sentry-box, guard-box. 



Jess. 

 ^j^, s., a string worn round the waist, waist-cord. 24-Pargs. 

 ^] (from ^C^ to whirl), adj., round-about, circuitous, indirect. Jess. 

 *^f^C^, v.a., to whirl, turn round, roll; to whirl about, brandish (a stick) ; to roll in, 



draw in (as a fishing net). 



W = '^^ ■ /^5S. 



^*tt^ (connected with ^5ltc^ to untie, open), adj., open (as the lid of a box). Raj. 



^^ttr.«, v.a., to gather up, roll up, coil up (as a rope). Jess. 



^ {*15), 5-, sleep. 



CT^ (fr. C^f^Cs to encompass), s., going around along the boundaries (of land). Jess. 



C^^t^s (fr. ct|%;^), s., surrounding, encompassing. Sylh. 



C^ff (fr. CTf^C^), s., enclosure. 



*C^^ (prob. connected with *sif^ca to thrust in, tuck in), s., a bend, a curve; bend 

 in a road, crooked path ; a recess, corner. 



C^sr1 ( = C^ts?), s., a bend, curve. 



C^^t^C^ (prob. onomatop. ; see C^\), v.n., to groan, moan. Chit. 



*C^t^, s., the cock (of a gun). Chit. 



C^^n (prob. from Skr. "^wi the nose), s., a portion (of land) which juts out (from a 

 field) an outlying recess or corner. Jess. See ^^1. 



*C^H, adj., terrible, dreadful; formidable; dark; gen.: pitch-dark (as night), Raj.; 

 dusk, dusky (as evening), Jess. ; gloomy, dim (as eye-sight), Puh. 



*CW, s., horror, awfulness; darkness, gloom, gew. : dusk, evening-dusk, Jess.; dim- 

 ness (as of eye-sight), Puh. 



^l^ (for 5|^C\»), v.a., to plough, till. E. Beng. 



5^ (from Skr. =^^ a wheel, circle, district ?), s., a large block of land, S. Beng. ; a 



parcel of ground, a field, Dae. 

 5^^ (corrup. of 5^?), s., a ladder, steps. Tip. 

 5^ (corrup. of f5e,^t5?), s., an outcry, alarm. Sundbn. 

 5€ ^1\5, s., a kind of cloth with a variegated stripe down the middle (generally worn 



by Mags). Chit. 

 5^1 (prob, erron. for **t^1), s., fear; intimidation, menace. Maid. 

 5^, s., a ladder, steps, Dae. : a ladder used as a harrow (sit), Jess. : a high machan 



or platform in fields. Chit. 

 5^ ( = UvSt«l), s., a chandal. E. Beng. 

 5$^ (from *1?$<P glitter), adj., glazed. Pub. 



5^1 (from *5f5r;3 to split off in pieces), s., a piece of bamboo split lengthwise. 

 5$1t {fr. 6^1), s., mat, matting. 



