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1. air, n.1 View full entry ?c1225
...An atmosphere contaminated by noxious fumes, vapours, etc.; such contaminating fumes themselves; miasma. Now only (with qualifying adjective) merged in sense 2a....
2. akhara, n. View full entry 1832
...In India: a wrestling ring or pit; a gymnasium or outdoor exercise area....
3. batta, n.1 View full entry 1680
...orig. Subsistence money (given to soldiers in the field, witnesses, prisoners, etc.). Hence, extra pay given to East Indian regiments when on a campaign, and spec. An extra allowance,...
4. bearer, n. View full entry a1382
...One who carries or conveys; a carrier, a porter....
5. bed, n. View full entry c995
...A permanent structure or arrangement for sleeping on, or for the sake of rest. In some form or other it constitutes a regular article of household furniture in civilized life, as well...
6. box, n.2 View full entry a1000
...A case or receptacle usually having a lid....
7. bundook, n. View full entry 1886
...A musket or matchlock; a rifle....
8. cabin, n. View full entry 1362
...A temporary shelter of slight materials; a tent, booth, temporary hut. Obs....
9. campoo, n. View full entry 1803
...‘Used for “a camp”, but formerly specifically applied to the partially disciplined brigades under European commanders in the Mahratta service’ (Yule)....
10. cart, v. View full entry 1393
...trans. To carry or convey in a cart; also fig.to cart off or away: to carry off or away in a cart; hence gen. to carry...
11. cess, n.1 View full entry 1531
...An assessment, tax, or levy: in various spec. applications....
12. chappow, n. View full entry 1860
...A plundering expedition, a raid....
13. chokra, n. View full entry 1875
...A boy, youngster; esp. one employed as servant in a household or in a regiment....
14. Collery, n. View full entry 1763
...The name of a non-Aryan people inhabiting an area of southern India to the east of Madura....
15. conjee | congee, n. View full entry 1698
...The water in which rice has been boiled; used as an article of diet for invalids, and as starch....
16. coolie, n. View full entry 1622
...In India and (later also) China: a hired labourer (esp. one employed by a European); a porter (now esp. in a railway station). Hence also: an Asian labourer working abroad (now chiefly...
17. court, n.1 View full entry 1154
...A clear space enclosed by walls or surrounded by buildings; a yard, a court-yard; e.g. that surrounding a castle, or that left for the sake of light, etc. in the...
18. cutcherry | cutchery, n. View full entry 1610
...An office of administration, a court-house. Also the business office of an indigo-planter, etc....
19. duck, n.1 View full entry 967
...A swimming bird of the genus Anas and kindred genera of the family Anatidæ, of which species are found all over the world....
20. duffaˈdar, n. View full entry 1800
...‘A petty officer of native police; and in regiments of Irregular Cavalry, a non-commissioned officer corresponding in rank to a corporal’ (Yule)....
