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V. a. to pull, row (a boat) ; 
drag (a fisliing-net). 
5. scattering (seed). 
5 . bracelet. 
^ s. piece of bamboo used for 
carrying things on the shoulder. 
(with V. a. to build, 
construct. 
j ^.bamboo thicket or clump. 
(■«t«l ?) V. a. to bewitch, 
enchanter. 
^ITf adv. without. Arab. after. 
^tClr adv. besides, except, id. 
^1^1 s. pledgment, mortgage. 
a large boat, bound and 
fastened with bamboo and cane. 
s. a nose-ring (fastened through 
the septum). 
s. inhabitant, resident. 
(= ^1^) 5. a fathom. 
s. large fishing-net. 
s. hand-pankha. 
adj. unmarked, unstamped, 
unbranded. 
^^T?r1 c^dj. illicit, unlicensed. 
V. n. to decide. 
s. ditch, channel. 
s. torch of twisted straw. 
) (from C^^T^) adj. all, 
i every. 
s. property, wealth. [paddy. 
s. a basket, holding 8 aris of 
s. large glass jar with a narrow 
mouth, enclosed in wicker-work 
(^Tf^) with a wickerwork handle; 
a tall jar. 
s. the threads of a weaving 
instrument (?T®i). 
(bora) s. a (pan) garden. 
s. gold nose-ring with pen¬ 
dants. 
I (corrupted from ?rjtC5lT^) s. 
5JT^3 illness, sickness. 
5 . handle (of a knife). 
5. mud floor of a house. 
adv. under, below. 
51^^? 5. time for lighting the lamp, 
about half-an-hour after sunset. 
Arab. sunset, west. 
5I?rl V. n. (to be killed, hut 
generally) to be drowned. 
V. n. to beg, live by beg- 
ging. 
5. young woman, wench ; mis¬ 
tress, leman. 
5. headman, foreman (of a 
boat, or of coolies). 
5. a man who digs earth. 
adj. earthen. 
5IT^^ s. word, speaking, question. 
s. talking, conversation. 
5lTt^C^ V. n. to speak, utter sound., 
^ s. barber ; carpenter. 
^ (from facing towards. It 
is compounded with 
and ; thus with the 
two former, northwards, 
and eastwards, 
s. a hill. 
to make the place 
hot, to have the authorities down 
on one, lit. to set the country 
(Arab. ) on fire. 
s. ground, floor. 
s. feast, banquet. 
C5lc!^1 (mela) v. n. to go along, 
walk along. 
