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1. catty, n. View full entry 1598
...A weight used in China and the Eastern Archipelago, equal to 16 taels, i.e. 1⅓ lb. avoird., or 625 grammes....
2. † cayolac | cayelac | cayolaque, n. View full entry 1588
...(See quots.)...
3. durian, n. View full entry 1588
...The oval or globular fruit of Durio zibethinus, family Sterculiaceæ, a tree of the Indian Archipelago; it has a hard prickly rind and luscious cream-coloured pulp, of a...
4. godown, n.1 View full entry 1588
...A warehouse or store for goods, in India and other parts of Eastern Asia....
5. Japan, n. View full entry 1577
...The name of an island nation (formerly an empire) situated off the east coast of Asia....
6. kris | creese | crease, n. View full entry 1586-8
...A Malay dagger, with a blade of a wavy form....
7. mace, n.3 View full entry 1598
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a traditional unit of weight (about 2.4 grams or 37 grains), normally one-sixteenth of a tael; (hence) a gold or silver coin of this weight; a monetary unit...
8. Malay, n. and adj. View full entry 1598
...A member of a people chiefly inhabiting Malaysia, Brunei, and parts of Indonesia, and characteristically speaking the Malay language....
9. † newry, n. View full entry 1598
...= lory...
10. nipa, n. View full entry 1588
...An alcoholic drink obtained from the sap of the nipa palm (see sense 2). Also nipa wine....
11. picul, n. View full entry 1588
...A unit of weight used in China and South-East Asia equal to 100 catties (approx. 133 lb, 60.4 kg)....
12. prahu, n. View full entry 1582
...In Malaysia and Indonesia: a type of undecked sailing boat, usually with a large triangular sail and a canoe-like outrigger. In Southern India: a small sailing boat or catamaran....
13. sago, n. View full entry 1555
...The tree from which sago (see 2) is obtained....
14. sapan | sappan, n. View full entry 1598
...A dye-wood yielding a red dye, obtained from trees belonging to the genus Cæsalpinia, indigenous to tropical Asia and the Indian Archipelago, esp. C. Sappan. Now only ...