VOCABULARY OF PECULIAR VERNACULAR BENGALI WORDS. 357 



*5t^ (*^ anything circular)^ s., a lump, clot; a lump of earth, clod; a piece of 



brick, brick-bat ; gold bullion. Dae. 

 *^^^C\», v.n., to be seized with a fit, to have a fit. Jess. 

 ^W^] (prob. connected with ^^ a ladder, platform), s., a bamboo platform at the 



prow of a boat. Raj. 

 *5tWtf?f (prob. connected with ^\^<\]), s., a basket. Dae. 

 5^1, s., a door or screen made of split bamboos plaited together. Raj. 

 ^\^1 (? what can merely be licked, from ^i^l'S to lick : or for Ftf? f^), adj., little, small, 



trifling. Jess. 

 ^tf^ (prob. corrup. of ufSj), adj., some ; e.g. *(t^ 5tf^ some paddy. . Hug. 

 5t^, s., a fishing rod. CAzY. 

 ^t^t'T (perhaps from Skr. %eisr observant, intelligent, alive), adj., awake, alert ; active, 



energetic ; e.g. a ' sharp ' man, a ' virulent ' epidemic. Bak. 

 *^f^t«1, s., the masonry platform at the top of a pakka ghat. 

 *5t??t (fr. Skr. rt. i^^ to cover, clothe ; or fr. Pers. ;a^ a sheet), s., a sheet, table-cloth 



or wide cloth ; the cloth worn arround the upper part of the body by men. 

 5H (corrup. of *^t^), s., bathing, gen. 

 U\^ (corrup. of *5^ the moon), s., the moon; anything disk-like, e.g. a small disk 



attached to a nose-ring, Raj. ; U]'^ -^W^ a kind of bracelet, Maid. ; Ff^ c^I<P a 



semi-circular bolak, Chit. 

 ^t^, s., the general features, characteristics (of a thing; as of handwriting). Dae. 

 M^? (prob. connected with *Btfft^ the ridge of a house), s., the flank or side (of a 



native house ; th? courtyard being the ^'^ or front, and the back being ^'^tl? 



or %f ). 

 5t*^^1 (perhaps from 5^?f), adj., tied or roped together by the neck sideways (as a 



couple of cattle). Jess. 

 5'W, s., open spaces (in thatch). Hiig. See C5^1. 

 5tf% ( = Hindi =^P^), s., the crown of the head. Raj. 

 5t1 (prob. from *5tf^C^ to press down), s., a (tiger's) lair. 

 5tf^ (*^f^C^ to press down), s., a crow-bar. Dae. 

 *5tf^C^, u.a., to press down, gen. ; to haul (a sail) downwards so as to make it taut, 



nautical : to press in, keep in (as a boat near the land, opposed to ^fS '^%V^ to 



stand out from the land), nautieal. 

 ^W^, s., a hollow. 



5t5l (Skt. =^JT^), s. (i) a skin, gen.; (2) the human skin. Chit. ; (3) leather, g-^jy^ 

 ^5[i, s., shade (of all kinds), shadow. Chit. 

 5t^, s., a four-sided basket ( = c^^1). Chit. 

 5t?, s., a light tressle bridge made of bamboos or single trees (--^tC^fl). E. Beng. 



I5t?[5l (Pers. ^j~^) ordinal, fourth. Chit. 



l?t^ (=Ff<F q.v. and Hindi =gT^ a bait for fish), s., a kind of cage for catching fish. 



Jess. 

 51^1 "^ts^l, s., seed-bed, nursery for seedlings. Chit. 



