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1. accommodation, n. View full entry 1566
...Adaptation; the process of being adapted....
2. 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....
3. ankus, n. View full entry 1886
...In India, an elephant-goad. Also attrib....
4. 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...
5. bhoosa, n. View full entry 1829
...Husks and broken straw, used as food for cattle. Also attrib....
6. box, n.2 View full entry a1000
...A case or receptacle usually having a lid....
7. cabin, n. View full entry 1362
...A temporary shelter of slight materials; a tent, booth, temporary hut. Obs....
8. chatta, n. View full entry 1796
...An umbrella (in India)....
9. country, n. View full entry c1275
...A tract or expanse of land of undefined extent; a region, district....
10. 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...
11. dhaman, n. View full entry 1878
...The rat-snake, Ptyas mucosus....
12. English, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry eOE
...Of or belonging to England (or Britain) or its inhabitants....
13. golah, n. View full entry 1771
...A store-house for grain, salt, etc....
14. gopi, n. View full entry 1880
...(See quot. 1962.)...
15. grass, n.1 View full entry c725
...Herbage in general, the blades or leaves and stalks of which are eaten by horses, cattle, sheep, etc. Also, in a narrower sense, restricted to the smaller non-cereal Gramineæ (see...
16. guard, n. View full entry 1412
...Keeping, guardianship, custody, ward. to take guard: to take care. Obs....
17. joom | júm, n. View full entry 1855
...A system of cultivation practised in the hill forests of India and Indo-China, under which a tract is cleared by fire, occupied and cultivated for a time, and then abandoned for another...
18. kharif, n. View full entry a1836
...In India, the autumn crop, sown at the beginning of the summer rains....
19. khet, n. View full entry 1878
...In India, a tract of cultivated land....
20. kisan, n. View full entry 1935
...In India, a peasant, an agricultural worker....
