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1. Bora, n.2 View full entry 1698
...A Muslim trader. Also attrib....
2. bunder, n. View full entry 1698
...A landing-place; a quay or pier; a port....
3. chank, n.2 View full entry 1698
...‘A large kind of shell (Turbinella rapa) prized by the Hindus, and used by them for offering libations, as a horn to blow at the temples, and for cutting into...
4. chick | cheek, n.2 View full entry 1698
...‘A kind of screen-blind made of finely-split bamboo, laced with twine, and often painted on the outer side; hung or framed in doorways or windows’ (Yule)....
5. chitty, n. View full entry 1698
...‘A letter or note; also, a certificate given to a servant, or the like; a pass’ (Yule)....
6. 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)....
7. conjee | congee, n. View full entry 1698
...The water in which rice has been boiled; used as an article of diet for invalids, and as starch....
8. dal, n. View full entry 1698
...The pulse obtained from some leguminous plants, chiefly from the Cajan, Cajanus indicus, extensively used as an article of food in the East Indies....
9. desai, n. View full entry 1698
...A native Indian revenue official, or petty chief....
10. Dewalee | Dewali, n. View full entry 1698
...A Hindu festival with illuminations held on the day of the new moon in the month Asvina or Kārttika....
11. dubash, n. View full entry 1698
...An Indian interpreter or commissionaire, employed in transacting business between Europeans and the local people, and as a guide, courier, etc....
12. guz, n. View full entry 1698
...A measure of length (see quot. 1874)....
13. kulang, n. View full entry 1698
...The common crane, Grus grus. Also: the demoiselle crane, Anthropoides virgo....
14. maharaja, n. View full entry 1698
...In South Asia: (the title of) a person of high rank, esp. a prince....
15. Marathi, n. and adj. View full entry 1698
...The Indo-Aryan language of the Marathas (now the official language of the Indian state of Maharashtra)....
16. mussal, n. View full entry 1698
...A torch. Also: †a torch-bearer (cf. mussalchee). Also mussal torch....
17. † patch-leaf, n. View full entry 1698
...A dried leaf or leaves of the patchouli plant....
18. rani, n. View full entry 1698
...In S. Asia: a queen; a wife or widow of a raja....
19. sambur, n. View full entry 1698
...Either of two large deer, Cervus unicolor or C. equinus, native to southern Asia....
20. † surˈpoose, n. View full entry 1698
...A cover of a (silver) vessel....
