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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. ashram, n. View full entry 1917
...In India, a place of religious retreat, sanctuary, or hermitage....
4. box, n.2 View full entry a1000
...A case or receptacle usually having a lid....
5. burgher, n. View full entry ?1555
...An inhabitant of a burgh, borough, or corporate town; a citizen. Chiefly used of continental towns, but also of English boroughs, in a sense less technical than burgess. Now somewhat...
6. cabin, n. View full entry 1362
...A temporary shelter of slight materials; a tent, booth, temporary hut. Obs....
7. choultry, n. View full entry 1698
...A place for the reception and accommodation of travellers; an inn, caravanserai; also used for the transaction of public business (Yule)....
8. 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...
9. 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...
10. dharma, n. View full entry 1796
...In India, social or caste custom; right behaviour; law; esp. in Buddhism and Hinduism: moral law, truth. Cf. dhamma...
11. dharmsala, n. View full entry a1805
...A building devoted to religious or charitable purposes, esp. a resthouse for travellers....
12. durgah, n. View full entry 1793
...In India, ‘The shrine of a (Muslim) saint, a place of religious resort and prayer.’ (Yule.)...
13. English, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry eOE
...Of or belonging to England (or Britain) or its inhabitants....
14. gopi, n. View full entry 1880
...(See quot. 1962.)...
15. gopura, n. View full entry 1862
...The great pyramidal tower over the entrance-gate to the precinct of a temple (in S. India)....
16. gosain, n. View full entry c1774
...A Hindu who professes a life of religious mendicancy....
17. history, n. View full entry eOE
...A written narrative constituting a continuous chronological record of important or public events (esp. in a particular place) or of a particular trend, institution, or person's life. Common in the titles of...
18. Hobson-Jobson, n. View full entry 1634
...Anglicized form of the repeated wailings and cries of Muslims as they beat their breasts in the Muharram procession; hence this festal ceremony. Also transf....
19. Hoolee | Holī, n. View full entry 1622
...The great festival or carnival of the Hindus, held at the approach of the vernal equinox, in honour of Krishna and the Gopīs or milkmaids....
20. imambara, n. View full entry 1837
...In India, a building in which Shiite Muslims assemble at the time of Muharram; the gardens, courtyards, etc., surrounding such a building; also, any large tomb....
