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srsg a fhorter mace, or filver flick. Klaunfamaun, houfe - 
fteward. Kidmudgar, an attendant at table. Scrdar, ma¬ 
nager of the wardrobe, houfehold furniture, &c. Dur¬ 
ban, door-keeper, or porter. Kerck-burdar, houfe-pur- 
veyor. B’heejly, fetcher of water. Hooka-burdar, manager 
of the hooka pipes: thefe confill of a long convoluted 
tube fixed to an ornamented cocoa-fliell, which contains 
the tobacco. Chowry-burdar, an attendant to drive away 
flies and inlefts. Maukun-wolla, dairyman and butter- 
rriaker. Rooty-wolla, baking-fervant. Durzce, houfe tai¬ 
lor. Baulber, valet de chambre. Hircarrak, running foot- 
« man. Syce, groom, or manager of the ftables. Mujhaljee, 
l’ervant who goes before the palankeen at night to light 
the way. Bawercbcc, purveyor of the kitchen, or cook. 
Aubdar, butler, or manager of the wines, &c. Doorea, 
dog or kennel keeper. Chokeedar, fervant who guards or 
watches the houfe at night.—A monthly clerk in Cal¬ 
cutta (fays Mr. Solvyns) has often more fervants than 
are entertained by fome of the firft nobility in England^ 
and in the military line, all above the rank of major, till 
of late years, were attended by filver-ftick bearers, and 
by luminous branch-lights at night; but thefe unnecef- 
fary marks of oftentation begin to be difpenfed with. 
The principal Officers on his Majefty's Civil Eftablilh- 
mentatthe three Seats of Government in British India, 
in the year 1809, were as follow: 
Supreme Council at Calcutta in Bengal. —The 
right honourable Gilbert lord Minto, Governor-General .— 
Lieutenant-general George Hewett, Commandcr-in-Chief .— 
John Lumfden, Efq.—Henry Thomas Colebrooke, Efq. 
Council at Fort St. George in Madras, on the 
Coall of Coromandel.— Sir George Hilaro Barlow, Bart. 
K. B. Governor. —William Petrie, Efq.—Thomas Oakes, 
Efq.—James Henry Cafamaijor, Efq. 
Council at Bombay, on the Coall of Malabar. —The 
honourable Jonathan Duncan, Prefident and Governor. — 
Thomas Lechmere, Efq.—Robert Rickards, Efq.—For 
particulars of the whole of the civil and military eftablilh- 
inents of Great Britain in Hindoollan, fee the annual Eaft- 
India Calendar. 
HINDOOSTANE'E, or Hindoostani, the language 
of Hindoollan; or that general dialeft which is now 
chiefly ufed in modem India. Mr. Bayley, in the Cal¬ 
cutta Eflays, defcribes it as follows : 
“ It is compounded, of the Arabic, Perfian, and Sanfkrit, 
or Bhakha, which lall appears to have been in former 
ages the current language of Hindooftan. Owing in fome 
mealure to the intercourfe of the merchants of Arabia 
with this country, but more particularly to the frequent 
invafions of it by the Muffulmans, and their ultimate let- 
tlement in it, a confiderable number of Arabic and Per¬ 
fian words became engrafted on the original language of 
the natives, and out of this mixture arofe a new language, 
the Hindoojlantc, like a modern fuperftrufture on an an¬ 
cient foundation. By degrees it aflumed its prefent ap¬ 
pearance and eftimation; and the court of Delhi made 
choice of it, as the medium in all affairs depending on 
colloquial, intercourfe. Hence its influence gradually 
fpread fo widely, that it became univerfally ufed in the 
courts of the Muflulman princes. Many of the native 
inhabitants alfo grew' familiarized to it, and ufed it in all 
concerns, the validity of which did not depend upon - 
written documents. In the whole of the vail country of 
Hindoollan, fcarcely any Muflulman will be found who 
does not underhand and fpeak the Hindooflanee. Every 
Hindoo alfo, of any diflinftion, or who has the leall con- 
neftion either with the Muflulman or the Britilh govern¬ 
ment, is, according to his fituation, acquainted, more or 
lefs, with this language. It is moreover the general me¬ 
dium by which many perfons of various foreign nations 
fettled in Hindoollan communicate their wants and ideas 
to each other. In almoll all the armies of India thiS ap¬ 
pears to be the univerfally-ufed language ; even though 
many of the individuals compofing them be better ac¬ 
quainted with the dialefts peculiar to their refpeftive dif- 
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trifts. Nearly fron: Cape Comorin to Cabul, a country about 
2000 miles in length, and 1400 in breadth within the 
Ganges, few perfons will be found, in any large villages 
or towns which have ever been conquered or much fre¬ 
quented by Muffulmans, who are not lufficiently conver- 
lant in the Hindooflanee ; and in many places beyond 
the Ganges this language is current and familiar. 
•HI'NESBURGH, a townfliip of the American States, 
in Chittenden county, Vermont, and joins Charlotte-town 
on Lake Champlain. 
To HING, v.a. [formerly fometimes ufed for] To hang. 
The following perhaps is its iafeft authority in any Er.g- 
lifli writer; though the word is Hill a colloquial one in 
Scotland : - ‘ 
Heaven in thy palm this day the balance hings 
Which makes kings gods, or men more great than kings. 
Machin's Dumb Knight. 
HING, a town of China, of the third rank, in the pro¬ 
vince of Chen-li : thirty miles fouth-weft of Kolan. 
HING, a town of China, of the fecond rank, in the 
province of Kiang-nan: 455 miles fouth of Peking. 
Lat. 32. 35. N. Ion. 133. 12. E. Ferro. 
HING-CHAN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Hou-quang: feventeen miles north-north- 
eall of Koue. 
HING-FOU, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Se-tchuen : twenty miles fouth-fouth- 
wefl; of Soui-tcheou. 
HING-HOA, a city of China, of the firft rank, in the 
province of Fo-kien, near the fea-coaft. The vrajls are of 
great thicknefs, the ftreets are well paved, and adorned 
with feveral triumphal arches and majeltic public build¬ 
ings. The country furnilhes abundance of rice, li-chi, 
and filk: nine hundred miles fouth of Peking. Lat. 25. 
28. N. Ion. 136.42. E. Ferro. 
HING-KOUE, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Kiang-ft: fifty miles fouth-fouth-weft of 
Ki-ngan. 
HING-NGAN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Kiang-fi : twenty miles welt of Kouang-fin. 
HING-NGAN, a town of China, of the fecond rank, 
in the province of Chen-fi, on the river Han : 587 miles 
fouth-well of Peking. Lat. 32.34. N. Ion. 126.40. E. Ferro. 
HING-NHING, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Hou-quang : twenty-two miles eaft- 
north-eaft of Tching. 
HING-NIE, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Quang-fi : five miles well of Ouei-iing. 
HING-NING, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Quang-ton: fixty-two miles north-weft; 
of Tchao-tcheou. 
HING-TCHIN, a town of China, of the third rank, 
in the province of Quang-fi : twenty-five miles fouth of 
King-yuen. 
HING-VEN, a town of China, of the third rank, in 
the province of Se-tchuen : thirty-two miles fouth-louth- 
eaft of Soui-tcheou. 
HINGE, f. [or hingle, from hangle or hang.\ Joints upon 
which a gate or door turns.—Then from the hinge their 
ftrokes the gates divorce. Denham. 
Heaven's imperious queen fliot down from high ; 
At her approach the brazen hinges fly. Dryden. 
The cardinal points of the world, Eaft, Weft, North, and 
South: 
If, when the moon is in the hinge at Eaft, 
The birth breaks forward from its native reft; 
Full eighty years, if you two years abate, 
This ftation give. Creech's Maniliits. 
A governing rule or principle.—The other hinge of pu- 
nilhment might turn upon a law, whereby all men, who 
did not marry by the age of five-and-twenty, fliould pay 
the third part of their revenue. Temple. 
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