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1. adevism, n. View full entry 1878
...Disbelief in the gods of a particular mythology....
2. † agrom, n. View full entry 1753
...Apparently: a condition in which the tongue becomes rough and cracked (not identified)....
3. chop, n.5 View full entry 1614
...In India, China. A seal or the impression of a seal; an official impress or stamp....
4. 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...
5. Dogra, n. and adj. View full entry 1834
...A member of a chiefly Hindu people predominating in the Jammu district of the north-west Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir; these people collectively. Also: the language of this people; = ...
6. dys-, prefix View full entry 1623
...repr. Greek δυσ-= Sanskritdus-, Old Germanic*tuz-, Old High Germanzúr- (Germanzer-), Old Norsetor-, Old English ‘inseparable prefix, opp. to ...
7. Hindi, adj. and n. View full entry 1801
...Of or belonging to Northern India or its language....
8. lat, n.1 View full entry 1801
...A staff, pole (rare in English use)....
9. mahua, n. View full entry 1610
...Any of several Indo-Malayan trees of the genus Madhuca (family Sapotaceae), whose seeds yield an oily, butter-like substance; esp. M. longifoliavar.latifolia, a large oak-like...
10. † malikana, n. View full entry 1840
...In South Asia: a share of the revenue due to the possessor of a right to collect revenue; a payment representing this....
11. mamudi, n. View full entry 1828
...A plain muslin woven in India and Persia (now Iran)....
12. mang, v.2 View full entry 1811
...trans. To beg (someone) for money, etc. Also intr.: to beg, cadge....
13. mantra, n. View full entry 1795
...orig. Hinduism. A sacred text or passage, esp. one from the Vedas used as a prayer or incantation; a word or phrase from a sacred text repeated in...
14. Maratha, adj. and n. View full entry 1742
...Of or relating to the princely and military classes of the former Hindu kingdom of Maharashtra in central India (now the modern Indian state of Maharashtra). Also: of or relating to the...
15. marool, n. View full entry 1813
...The moorva Sansevieria zeylanica (family Dracaenaceae), a herbaceous plant of Sri Lanka, whose leaves are a source of tough fibres. Also: the fibre produced by this plant....
16. marua, n. View full entry 1847
...Finger millet, Eleusine coracana; (also) †a fermented liquor made from this (obs.)....
17. mash, n.3 View full entry 1801
...A drought-resistant legume, Vigna (or Phaseolus) mungo, widely grown in India and elsewhere in tropical Asia as a pulse, which resembles and is closely related to...
18. mehtar, n. View full entry 1662
...Originally: (the title of) any of several high-ranking officers of the Persian royal household. Later also: a groom, or a stable boy in Persia (Iran). Obs....
19. Mogul, n.1 and adj. View full entry 1577
...The form Mughal is now often preferred in this sense....
20. monnisher, n. View full entry 1765
...A girl, a woman; esp. a prostitute. Later also: the girlfriend of a thief or criminal. Cf. moll12....
