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^'^^ttC^j v.a., to leap over (a fence or wall) ; to climb over, to scale. 



$?f^ (connected with *c^'t, *C^'1?, * C^tf^), s., the roof or covering (over a boat). 



Maid. 

 ^^ (Engl, tub), s., flower-pot. Hug. 

 ^^sJTTl (Hindi ^^^ house-work, drudgery), s., a servant who does all the odd jobs in 



a kitchen. Chit. 

 ^, s., certainty, precision, accuracy. Maid. 

 ^^ (corrup. of ^i^), s., a fence. Maid. 

 t\^, s., =\5t^. Ch. Nagp. 

 ^^ (connected with Ij'tf^C^ to appraise), s., estimate, reckoning, calculation (as of the 



crop on a field), Jess. 

 ^f%?[1, s., stem of a tree, trunk. Chit. 

 ^^f?, s., kind of wooden pail or cup. Dae. 

 ^^1, s., hatchet, axe. Sant.-P. 

 ^1%, s., axe, Midn. ; 24-Pargs. 

 ^, s., interstice in a mat wall. Jess. 

 ^l1^: ^iV sff^ common pasture land ( = 5^1^). Khul. 

 *^^^1, rt-^/., fresh, new, recent; sound, unimpaired, gen. : clear, precise, exact, definite 



(as a recollection), Maid. 

 *^if (*B^tf^i:s to pull), s. (i) a pull, tug, haul ; (2) the strength of a stream, force of a 



current ; (3) a violent tension, spasm ; (4) attraction ; (5) attraction of the feel- 

 ings, affection, love ; (6) demand (for goods), scarcity, 

 ^t^, s., land, bank, shore. Dae. 

 ^ prob. nasalized form of ^ q.v. Chit. 

 ^^ (*^tf^C^ to pull), adj. (i) pulled, stretched, extended, gen. ; (2) far off, distant, 



Khul. 

 ^^ {prob. =M^? q-v.), s., recollection, remembrance. Chit. 

 ^, s. (i) a wide expanse of open fields; (2) low, swampy ground; (3) a marsh, 



swamp. Maid. 

 ^t«1, s., pile, heap. Chit. 



*i^^, s., inoculation for small-pox, gen. : vaccination, Chit. 

 f^?n (*1^^ ?), s., small skull-cap (worn by Mohammedans). Chit. 

 f&f%^1, s., leopard. Chit. 



i^t%f^ ^i^^j s., a temporary stall or shop at a hat. Jess. 

 t^'l (*iW^^), s., a press or feel with the fingers. Jess. 

 f&f^ {'\^'^), s., hinting by a sign or gesture. Jess. 

 *n?f%s, v.a., to press, squeeze, gen.; to press with the hand (so as to feel a thing), 



Jess. 

 1^ll (=^1), s., rupee ; money. Chit. 



^tl, prep., used to indicate the ablative case. = ^^C'-s. fl^wg. 

 f§f^^ (from ^^), s., a jungly or grassy hillock. Chit. 

 %\^1Us (*ffef^c^), v.a., to press, squeeze. 

 ^^ ^'^ [onamatop.), s., dripping of rain. 24-Pargs. 



