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^^«^, s. (i) the part of the court-yard (angina) below the verandah of a house {fr. 

 ?tl%? ^ ?) 2^-Pargs.; (2) being beside or alongside^ proximity (?) Saugor. 



^tfl {Engl, box), s., a box, chest. ^^ ^t^ a small box to be carried in the hand. 



^^[?, s., a softish white substance composed of roots used in the manufacture of 

 intoxicating liquors. Dae. 



=;:=^^tfl, s., a split bamboo. 



^N, s., advantage, superiority, e.g. ^t.^ ^ttr.s to get (a person) at a disadvantage. 

 Maid. 



t^t^t^ (Pers. ^b), s. (i) a wooded garden, grove. Gen. (2) jungle, Jess. 



^•nt?, s., a ditch, trench ( — ^t^l and ^^^t^). Jess. 



^W = f\^, a curve or reach in a river. 



t^t^«11, adj. (i) relating to Bengal ; (2) country-made, of inferior make or quality, e.g. 

 ^^s11 ^^ (in a narrow sense) a kaccha house having a thatched roof with only 

 two slopes, (in a wider sense) a thatched house, kaccha house (whence " bun- 

 galow ") ; <1t^«11 ^t^^ country-made paper; <lt^5l1 <l^^f^<[^ an informal kabuliyat, 



^t5tt (? /r. ^]b]^Us> to save, protect), s., a temporary cattle-shed. Chit. 



^t5tl%, s., a shed in a bazar. Dae. 



^fsi!::^ {fr. #tl^C^ ?), y.a., to clear out, pick out, weed out. Chit. 



^551, s. (boy's slang), penis. Bog. 



?tW\5l, adj., uncultivated, fallow (as land). Jess. 



+ ^f 1 {/r. ^^), s. (u.sed in addressing women familiarly and good-humouredly) "my 

 good girl," " my good woman." 



^t#l (Pers. i_f\k), s., a spectacle, display, tamasha. Maid. 



^t^r.'^fl {/r. *?t^, and ? ), s., an armlet for the upper arm. 



t^t^^l, s., a cloth bag-purse. Jess. 



j^f^'^H] (Urdu), s., weights for a weighing balance. 



<It\51 ^»tBr.\s to husk paddy. Raj. 



'It^ltr,^, v.n., to talk in a turgid or thick manner (?) ; C^<t«1 <rt^ttr.^r.W he can scarcely 



speak. Maid. 

 ^f^5 = ?t1% (a blow). Jess. 

 t"4tf^ {fr. <lf^), s. (i) a piece of ground fenced in Orissa ; (2) an enclosed dwelling or 



residence; (3) a dwelling, residence; (4) high ground, Sundarhans. 



' { s., a bamboo staff or lathi. 24-Pargs. 



^t1%, s., a kind of stick or staff. 24-Pargs. 



<I1^ (^t1 ?) ^f^l^, to bewitch, enchant. Chit. 



^\'\^, s., a silk- reeling apparatus, a silk filature. /?«'/. 



^eft^, s., a silk filature. 



<rl^rf&, s-, warm clothing. 



^t^, s., the handle of a pocket-knife. /«5ss. 



^lfQ (Eng. "bundle " ?), s., a small bundle or packet (as a box of matches). Raj. Cp. 



