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1. bhang | bang, n. View full entry 1598
...The native name of the Indian variety of the common Hemp, which in warm countries develops narcotic and intoxicating properties. In India the leaves and seed-capsules are chewed or smoked, or eaten...
2. † bing, v.3 View full entry 1567
...intr. To go....
3. cash, n.2 View full entry 1598
...A name applied by Europeans to various coins of low value in the East Indies and China....
4. chay | choy | chaya, n.1 View full entry 1588
...The root of the Indian plant Oldenlandia umbellata (family Cinconaceæ), used to give a deep red dye to Indian cottons....
5. chetty, n. View full entry 1598
...An individual of any of the South-Indian trading castes so named. Also attrib....
6. coir, n. View full entry 1582
...The prepared fibre of the husk of the coco-nut, used for making ropes, cordage, matting, etc. Originally, the thread or cordage made of this fibre....
7. curry, n.2 View full entry 1598
...A preparation of meat, fish, fruit, or vegetables, cooked with a quantity of bruised spices and turmeric, and used as a relish or flavouring, esp. for dishes composed of or...
8. datura, n. View full entry 1598
...Any plant of the genus Datura (family Solanaceae), comprising poisonous plants with upright trumpet-shaped flowers and alternate, typically lobed or toothed leaves; esp. the thorn apple,...
9. † dewtry, n. View full entry 1598
...The Thorn-apple, Datura Stramonium, and other Indian species of the genus; a drug or drink prepared from this, employed to produce stupefaction....
10. dhoney | doney, n. View full entry 1582
...A small native sailing vessel of Southern India....
11. fanam, n. View full entry 1555
...A small coin, formerly the usual money of account in South India. ...
12. hing, n. View full entry 1599
...The drug asafetida....
13. jambo | jambu, n. View full entry 1598
...A name given in different parts of the East Indies and Malay Archipelago to several species of Syzygium (family Myrtaceæ), and their fruits; esp.:...
14. kotwal, n. View full entry 1582
...A chief officer of police for a city or town in India; a native town magistrate....
15. Kunbi, n. View full entry 1598
...A member of an Indian agricultural caste....
16. lac, n.1 View full entry 1553
...(Also gum-lac.) The dark-red resinous incrustation produced on certain trees by the puncture of an insect (Coccus (or Carteria) lacca). It is used in...
17. Magh, n. and adj. View full entry 1599
...A member of the (largely Buddhist) people of Arakan, a district on the west coast of Burma (Myanmar), and Chittagong, on the Bay of Bengal....
18. maidan, n. View full entry ?1551
...Esp. in South Asia: a marketplace, park, or other open space in or near a town; an esplanade or parade ground....
19. masjid, n. View full entry 1594
...A mosque, esp. one in a Muslim country....
20. † maund, v.1 View full entry ?1536
...trans. and intr. To beg; to ask....
