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1. avatar, n. View full entry 1784
...HinduMythol. The descent of a deity to the earth in an incarnate form....
2. bigha, n. View full entry 1763
...A measure of land area in India....
3. ˈcandy, n.3 View full entry 1618
...A weight used in southern and western India, varying greatly in different parts, but averaging 500 pounds av....
4. cawney | cawny, n. View full entry 1807
...A measure of land used in the Madras Presidency: about 1⅓ acre. The systematic spelling is káni....
5. chittack, n. View full entry 1899
...An Indian weight about equal to 1 ounce, 17 pennyweights, 12 grains troy....
6. coss | cos, n.2 View full entry 1616
...A measure of length in India, varying in different parts from 2½ miles or more down to about 1¼....
7. cotta | cottah, n.3 View full entry 1784
...‘A small land-measure containing eighty square yards’ (Yule)....
8. garce, n. View full entry 1752
...A cubic measure for rice, grain, etc., in use esp. in Tamil Nadu, southern India....
9. guz, n. View full entry 1698
...A measure of length (see quot. 1874)....
10. markal, n.1 View full entry c1680
...A unit of weight for grain used in Tamil Nadu, southern India....
11. masha, n. View full entry 1786
...A unit of weight, legally fixed in 1833 in British India as 15 grains (0.97 grams)....
12. pani-wallah, n. View full entry 1934
...In South Asia: a water-carrier. Also in extended use (see quot. 1960)....
13. ratti, n. View full entry 1625
...In South Asia: a small weight used for expressing the weight of gems, equal to one-eighth of a masha....
14. seer, n.2 View full entry 1618
...A denomination of weight varying in different parts of India from over 3 lb. to 8 ounces. In districts under British rule it was officially equal to a kilogramme, or 2·2 lb....
15. tar, n.2 View full entry 1893
...A telegram....
16. viss, n. View full entry 1626
...A weight used in Southern India and Burma equal to about 3½ lbs....
17. yojan | yojana, n. View full entry 1784
...A measure of distance, varying locally from about four to ten miles....
